The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 23, 2052
Last Quarter
49.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:30 AM
12:40 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.4%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 398,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1598
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.1° / 239.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 19m / -18.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.59° / 5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.41° / -6.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.43° / 0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.