The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 23, 1999
Waxing Crescent
42.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:52 AM
12:37 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.0%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 370,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 943
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 | 80.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.0° / 75.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 32m / 18.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 83.24° / -4.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.06° / 6.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.47° / -1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.