The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 23, 2179
Full Moon
99.6% 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
8:46 PM
7:18 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 357,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3169
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 185.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.6° / 314.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 25m / -7.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.75° / -4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.18° / 6.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.53° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 156.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.