The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 23, 1943
Waning Gibbous
96.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:45 PM
8:41 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.6%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 384,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 250
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 | 200.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.3° / 298.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 32m / -4.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.14° / 4.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.64° / -5.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.26° / -0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.