The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 23, 1917
Waxing Crescent
0.6% 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
6:23 AM
7:48 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 365,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -71
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 | 7.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.4° / 153.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 28m / 8.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.87° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.91° / -5.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 176.56° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 215.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.