The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 23, 2166
Waning Gibbous
62.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:19 AM
11:35 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.5%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 392,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 3008
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 | 255.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.4° / 249.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 13m / -17.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.75° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.83° / -5.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.73° / -0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.