The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 23, 1956
Waxing Gibbous
89.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:57 PM
4:30 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.8%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 411
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 | 142.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.2° / 33.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 46m / 8.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.91° / -4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.74° / 6.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.28° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.