The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 23, 1945
Waxing Gibbous
77.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:01 PM
5:06 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.9%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 395,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 275
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 | 123.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.4° / 29.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 37m / 20.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.47° / 1.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.58° / -1.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.16° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.