The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 23, 2149
Waxing Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:21 PM
7:33 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 13.7 days
- Distance
- 401,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2798
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 | 173.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.5° / 332.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 55m / 5.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.78° / 4.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.04° / -4.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.49° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 322.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.