The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 23, 2158
Last Quarter
45.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:22 AM
12:28 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.8%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 394,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2909
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 275.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.7° / 231.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 36m / -25.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.05° / -2.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.06° / 3.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -101.35° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.