The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 23, 1920
Waxing Crescent
13.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:16 AM
10:46 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.3%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 368,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -34
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 | 42.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.1° / 103.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 52m / 16.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.46° / 0.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.37° / 0.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 135.44° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.