The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 23, 1963
Waning Crescent
4.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:42 AM
4:43 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.8%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 364,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 497
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 | 334.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.2° / 195.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 41m / -11.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 337.23° / -3.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.87° / 4.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -160.16° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 59.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.