The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 23, 1993
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:17 AM
7:28 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 0.4 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 869
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Mar 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 4.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.1° / 158.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 20m / 7.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.52° / 4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.02° / -5.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 173.54° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 203.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.