The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 23, 2196
Waning Crescent
30.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:21 AM
2:12 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.5%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3379
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 293.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.4° / 219.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 56m / -20.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.97° / 0.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.45° / -0.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.96° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.