The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 23, 1941
Waning Crescent
15.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:09 AM
3:03 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.7%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 392,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 225
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 | 313.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.5° / 219.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 10m / -12.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 316.20° / 3.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.47° / -4.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.42° / -0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.