The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 23, 2054
Full Moon
100.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:58 PM
7:35 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 100.0%
- Age
- 14.1 days
- Distance
- 366,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1623
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Venus and Mars close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 179.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 2.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.5° / 324.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 13m / 1.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.48° / 2.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.32° / -2.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 4.15° / -0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 355.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.