The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 23, 1973
Waning Gibbous
79.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:56 PM
8:34 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.2%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 621
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 | 234.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.7° / 269.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 36m / -23.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 237.29° / -3.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.94° / 5.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.90° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.