The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 23, 1933
Waning Crescent
6.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:21 AM
4:27 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.3%
- Age
- 27.2 days
- Distance
- 384,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 126
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 331.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.4° / 201.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 23m / -10.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 333.70° / -0.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.48° / 1.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -146.10° / 0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.