The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 23, 2068
Waning Gibbous
80.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:45 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.3%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 392,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1796
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 | 232.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.2° / 263.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 37m / -20.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.65° / -0.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.05° / 1.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.21° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.