The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 23, 2184
Waxing Gibbous
89.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:47 PM
5:44 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.5%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 399,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3231
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 142.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.9° / 14.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 50m / 11.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.80° / -1.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.45° / 2.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.87° / -0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.