The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 23, 1934
Waxing Gibbous
56.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:32 AM
2:32 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.1%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 139
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 | 96.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.6° / 58.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 41m / 26.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 99.28° / 3.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.89° / -3.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.04° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.