The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 23, 1902
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:37 PM
6:01 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 390,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -257
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Mar 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 174.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.9° / 353.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 44m / -1.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.07° / -3.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.91° / 4.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.70° / 0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.