The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 23, 2090
Waning Crescent
43.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:00 AM
1:13 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.1%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 397,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2068
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 | 278.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.2° / 234.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 49m / -17.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.64° / 5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.49° / -6.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -91.86° / -0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.