The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 23, 2185
Waning Gibbous
56.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:57 AM
12:03 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.2%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 3243
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 263.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.3° / 244.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 45m / -19.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.54° / 4.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.21° / -5.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.53° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.