The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 23, 1936
Waxing Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:22 AM
7:51 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 357,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 164
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,900 km.
Exact values
For Mar 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 7.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.6° / 153.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 31m / 8.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.54° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.40° / -5.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 172.76° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 216.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.