The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 23, 1954
Waning Gibbous
85.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:11 PM
8:03 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.0%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 386
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 | 225.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.0° / 277.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 57m / -21.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 228.09° / -4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.00° / 6.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.12° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.