The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 23, 1959
Waxing Gibbous
98.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:45 PM
5:38 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.2%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 366,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 448
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 | 164.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.1° / 7.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 08m / 3.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 166.95° / -2.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.49° / 3.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.44° / 0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.