The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 23, 1909
Waxing Crescent
5.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:53 AM
9:14 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.4%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 361,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -170
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 | 26.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.7° / 125.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 53m / 7.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 28.87° / -3.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.71° / 5.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 157.89° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.