The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 23, 1906
Waning Crescent
1.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:05 AM
5:37 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.7%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 395,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -208
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 | 345.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.2° / 183.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 18m / -7.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.52° / -2.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.99° / 3.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -160.96° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 56.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.