The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 23, 1938
Last Quarter
53.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:19 AM
11:07 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.3%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 188
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,200 km.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 266.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.0° / 250.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 55m / -20.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.76° / 2.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.87° / -2.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.31° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.