The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 23, 1968
Waning Crescent
26.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:06 AM
1:18 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.4%
- Age
- 24.4 days
- Distance
- 382,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 559
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 | 298.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.3° / 223.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 20m / -24.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.52° / -5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.01° / 7.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -112.57° / -0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.