The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 23, 1901
Waxing Crescent
14.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:19 AM
10:58 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.4%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 362,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -269
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 | 44.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.4° / 101.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 57m / 17.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 46.91° / 0.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.31° / -0.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 139.24° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.