The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 23, 1911
Waning Crescent
43.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:39 AM
11:29 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.6%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 401,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -146
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 | 277.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.8° / 237.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 43m / -27.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.52° / -4.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.52° / 6.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -101.14° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.