The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 23, 1975
Waxing Gibbous
80.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:37 PM
4:45 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.0%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 364,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 646
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 | 126.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.4° / 31.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 42m / 13.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 129.36° / -4.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.34° / 6.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.13° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.