The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 23, 2081
Waxing Gibbous
97.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:27 PM
6:46 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.3%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 359,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1957
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,700 km.
Exact values
For Mar 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 161.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.1° / 349.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 05m / 6.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 164.79° / 0.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.27° / -0.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.93° / 0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.