The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 23, 1900
Waning Gibbous
55.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:10 AM
10:48 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.7%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 382,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -282
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 | 263.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.2° / 250.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 43m / -22.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.17° / 1.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.23° / -0.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.91° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.