The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 23, 2079
Waning Gibbous
68.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:12 AM
10:27 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.6%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1932
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,600 km.
Exact values
For Mar 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 248.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.6° / 249.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 38m / -25.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.51° / -3.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.96° / 4.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.42° / -0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.