The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 23, 2078
Waxing Gibbous
79.4% 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
3:05 PM
5:31 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.4%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 392,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1920
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 | 126.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.4° / 25.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 54m / 22.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 129.50° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.61° / -5.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.94° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.