The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 23, 2173
Waxing Gibbous
70.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:59 PM
4:52 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.6%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 3095
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 | 114.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.9° / 34.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 03m / 25.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 117.66° / 5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.24° / -6.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.25° / -0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.