The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 23, 1979
Waning Crescent
25.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:22 AM
1:50 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.6%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 366,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 695
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 | 299.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.7° / 229.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 13m / -16.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.89° / 3.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.21° / -4.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -122.85° / -0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.3° |
| 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.