The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 23, 1957
Last Quarter
45.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:55 AM
11:54 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.3%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 399,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 423
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 275.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.1° / 245.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 35m / -19.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.37° / 3.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.51° / -4.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.11° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.