The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 23, 1976
Waning Crescent
40.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:13 AM
12:23 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.5%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 386,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 658
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 | 281.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.3° / 242.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 00m / -18.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.37° / 4.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.29° / -5.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.92° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.