The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 23, 1946
Waning Gibbous
70.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:40 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.7%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 287
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 | 245.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.2° / 263.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 26m / -20.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.11° / 1.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.76° / -1.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.71° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.