The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 23, 2077
Waning Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:28 AM
7:07 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 357,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1907
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,600 km.
Exact values
For Mar 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 350.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.6° / 156.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 45m / -6.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 353.90° / -4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.14° / 7.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -170.30° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 36.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.