The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 23, 1921
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:56 PM
6:10 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -22
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Mar 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 178.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 2.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.2° / 348.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 59m / -2.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.70° / -2.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.30° / 3.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 5.90° / 0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 233.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.