The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 23, 1949
Waning Crescent
29.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:55 AM
12:59 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.0%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 397,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 324
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 | 295.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.8° / 225.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 04m / -25.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.86° / -5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.52° / 7.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.76° / -0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.