The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 23, 1958
Waxing Crescent
9.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:01 AM
10:02 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.5%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 436
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 | 35.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.2° / 112.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 24m / 13.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 38.28° / -0.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.91° / 1.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 140.01° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.