The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 23, 2048
Waxing Gibbous
59.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:14 PM
3:31 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.7%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 398,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1549
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 100.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.5° / 49.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 03m / 21.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 104.70° / -1.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.33° / 2.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.95° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.