The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 23, 2087
Waning Gibbous
83.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:32 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.5%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2031
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 | 228.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.9° / 267.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 15m / -18.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.31° / -0.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.37° / 1.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.83° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.