The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 23, 1951
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:22 PM
6:30 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 374,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 349
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
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Penumbral lunar eclipse
The Moon passes through Earth's faint outer shadow and dims slightly. It starts at 3:49 AM, is deepest at 5:37 AM and ends at 7:24 AM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Mar 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 183.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.3° / 340.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 18m / -3.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.56° / -1.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.83° / 2.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.16° / 0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 145.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.