The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 23, 1932
Waning Gibbous
97.9% 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
8:37 PM
6:58 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 358,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 114
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,100 km.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Mar 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 196.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.1° / 317.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 09m / -9.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.56° / -2.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.00° / 3.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -16.50° / 0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 121.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.