The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 23, 2106
Waning Gibbous
84.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:28 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.8%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 397,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2266
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 | 225.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.9° / 269.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 05m / -17.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 228.59° / -0.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.90° / 0.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.45° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.9° |
| 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.