The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 23, 2059
Waxing Gibbous
75.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:32 PM
5:09 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.0%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1685
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 | 119.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.9° / 30.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 26m / 23.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 122.99° / 4.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.29° / -5.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.73° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.