The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 23, 2147
Waning Gibbous
64.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:05 AM
11:27 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.4%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 378,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2773
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 | 253.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.9° / 251.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 02m / -17.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.04° / 5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.40° / -6.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.94° / -0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.