The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 23, 1922
Waning Crescent
19.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:49 AM
2:33 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.7%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -10
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 | 307.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.4° / 224.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 44m / -13.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 309.82° / 4.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.23° / -5.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.61° / 0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.