The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 23, 1995
Last Quarter
51.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:17 AM
11:22 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.6%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 370,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 893
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.5° / 250.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 04m / -19.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.87° / 4.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.77° / -4.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.53° / 0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.