The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 23, 2071
Last Quarter
50.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:23 AM
12:34 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.7%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1833
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 269.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.0° / 240.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 10m / -18.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.42° / 5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.43° / -6.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.06° / 0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.