The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 23, 1923
Waxing Crescent
30.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:04 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.9%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 399,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3
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 | 67.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.2° / 85.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 34m / 16.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 69.31° / -5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.52° / 7.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 106.50° / -0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.