The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 23, 1925
Waning Crescent
1.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:16 AM
5:56 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.0%
- Age
- 28.6 days
- Distance
- 374,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 27
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 2.6° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 348.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.0° / 179.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 33m / -6.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.31° / -3.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.60° / 4.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -164.78° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 48.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.