The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 23, 1942
Waxing Crescent
37.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:37 AM
1:18 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.6%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 238
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,600 km.
Exact values
For Mar 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 75.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.4° / 70.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 09m / 17.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 77.84° / -5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.55° / 7.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.19° / -0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.