The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 23, 1928
Waxing Crescent
5.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:49 AM
9:13 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.1%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 360,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 65
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,900 km.
Exact values
For Mar 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 25.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.5° / 126.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 52m / 7.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 28.69° / -3.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.33° / 5.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.09° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.