The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 23, 1930
Waning Crescent
35.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:24 AM
12:17 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.4%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 89
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 | 287.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.0° / 230.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 28m / -27.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.58° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.38° / 7.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.96° / -0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.