The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 23, 2091
Waxing Crescent
10.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:27 AM
11:09 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.8%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 2081
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 | 38.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.6° / 99.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 41m / 10.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.32° / -4.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.23° / 6.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 138.27° / -0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.