The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 23, 2001
Waning Crescent
1.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:14 AM
5:31 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.9%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 400,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 967
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 | 344.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.3° / 183.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 23m / -9.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.86° / -4.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.46° / 6.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -167.79° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 48.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.