The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 23, 2075
Waxing Crescent
40.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:38 AM
1:43 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.5%
- Age
- 6.9 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1883
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,200 km.
Exact values
For Mar 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 78.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.0° / 65.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 26m / 20.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 82.00° / -2.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.67° / 3.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 100.95° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.