The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 16, 1923
Waning Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:17 AM
6:02 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 350.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.3° / 177.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 08m / -5.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.03° / 0.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.64° / 0.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -168.04° / -0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.