The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 23, 2141
Waning Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:20 PM
7:36 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 15.1 days
- Distance
- 394,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2699
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 | 193.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.0° / 303.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 52m / -10.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.28° / -4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.84° / 6.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -9.09° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 135.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.