The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 23, 2051
Waxing Gibbous
87.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:39 PM
5:23 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.9%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 401,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1586
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 | 139.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.1° / 19.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 33m / 9.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 142.43° / -4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.12° / 6.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.13° / 0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.