The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 23, 1940
Full Moon
100.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:58 PM
6:13 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 100.0%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 357,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 213
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,000 km.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Penumbral lunar eclipse
The Moon passes through Earth's faint outer shadow and dims slightly. It starts at 2:09 PM, is deepest at 2:47 PM and ends at 3:26 PM. Not visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon.
Exact values
For Mar 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 178.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 2.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.9° / 347.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 02m / -2.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.40° / -1.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.79° / 2.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 2.09° / 0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 234.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.