The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 23, 2131
Waning Crescent
34.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:04 AM
1:44 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.3%
- Age
- 24.1 days
- Distance
- 383,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2575
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 | 288.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.3° / 222.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 31m / -22.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.05° / -0.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.51° / 1.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -116.18° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.