The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 23, 2097
Waxing Gibbous
80.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:14 PM
5:34 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.3%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 375,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2155
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 | 127.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.2° / 24.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 00m / 22.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.12° / 5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.07° / -5.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.15° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.