The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 23, 2161
Waning Crescent
9.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:38 AM
5:05 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.4%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2946
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 | 324.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.0° / 193.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 54m / -7.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 327.96° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.72° / -5.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -142.45° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.