The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 23, 2172
Waning Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:21 AM
7:05 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 387,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3082
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 349.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.3° / 157.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 41m / -5.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 353.47° / -3.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.87° / 4.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -164.94° / -0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 45.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.