The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 23, 1974
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:00 AM
7:55 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.4 days
- Distance
- 391,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 633
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
28° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Mar 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 357.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.6° / 147.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 52m / 4.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 359.98° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.78° / -5.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 177.87° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 125.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.