The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 20, 1923
Waxing Crescent
8.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:17 AM
9:45 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.9%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 3
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 34.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.2° / 116.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 10m / 9.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.45° / -3.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.23° / 5.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 143.11° / -0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.