The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 23, 1989
Waning Gibbous
98.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:19 PM
6:46 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.4%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 819
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 | 194.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.8° / 322.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 57m / -9.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.05° / -3.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.89° / 5.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.73° / 0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 128.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.