The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 23, 2070
Waxing Gibbous
90.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:02 PM
5:35 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.2%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 384,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1821
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 | 143.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.1° / 14.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 51m / 8.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 147.12° / -4.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.62° / 6.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.35° / 0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.