The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 23, 1915
First Quarter
47.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:41 AM
1:52 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.8%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 400,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -96
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
-
Mars and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 87.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.6° / 64.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 57m / 27.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 89.32° / 4.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.89° / -5.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 87.85° / 0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.