The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 23, 1992
Waning Gibbous
72.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:09 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.8%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 390,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 856
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 | 242.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.9° / 262.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 16m / -23.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.27° / -2.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.63° / 3.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.68° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.