The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 23, 1905
Waning Gibbous
90.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:00 PM
8:17 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.7%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 361,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -220
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Mar 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 215.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.9° / 294.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 28m / -9.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.84° / 4.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.68° / -5.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.29° / -0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.