The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 23, 2060
Waning Gibbous
66.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:26 AM
10:39 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.3%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 396,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1697
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 | 251.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.4° / 247.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 53m / -25.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.90° / -3.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.58° / 4.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.82° / -0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.