The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 23, 2099
Waxing Crescent
2.7% 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
8:08 AM
9:43 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.7%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 401,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2180
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
28° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Mar 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 18.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.0° / 117.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 20m / 10.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 22.19° / 1.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.95° / -1.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 156.94° / -0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.