The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 23, 1924
Waning Gibbous
91.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:54 PM
8:14 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.2%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 364,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 15
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,200 km.
Exact values
For Mar 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 214.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.3° / 296.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 25m / -9.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.08° / 4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.26° / -5.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.10° / -0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.