The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 23, 2073
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:59 PM
7:37 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 356,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1858
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,700 km.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Mar 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 179.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 2.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.1° / 324.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 15m / 1.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.87° / 2.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.50° / -2.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 0.35° / -0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 2.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.