The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 23, 1994
Waxing Gibbous
81.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:43 PM
3:48 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.2%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 374,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 881
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 | 128.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.9° / 44.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 50m / 12.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.57° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.72° / 7.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.82° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.