The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 23, 1988
Waxing Crescent
35.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:34 AM
12:38 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.4%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 389,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 807
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 | 72.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.2° / 72.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 57m / 27.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 76.11° / 5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.34° / -6.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 113.72° / 0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.