The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 23, 1955
New Moon
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:51 AM
6:37 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 398
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Mar 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 354.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.5° / 176.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 39m / 3.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 356.32° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.04° / -5.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -178.83° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.