The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 23, 1916
Waning Gibbous
81.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:48 PM
8:16 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.5%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 372,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -84
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 | 230.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.0° / 271.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 20m / -23.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 233.65° / -4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.34° / 6.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.70° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.