The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 23, 1969
Waxing Crescent
28.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:05 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.7%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 401,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 572
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 | 64.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.2° / 79.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 19m / 26.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 67.46° / 4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.77° / -5.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 117.53° / 0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.5° |
| 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.