The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 23, 1987
Waning Crescent
38.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:08 AM
11:56 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.4%
- Age
- 23.7 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 794
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 | 283.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.7° / 233.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 13m / -27.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.12° / -5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.50° / 7.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.19° / -0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.8° |
| 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.