The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 23, 2006
Waning Crescent
40.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:00 AM
11:46 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.1%
- Age
- 23.7 days
- Distance
- 373,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1029
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 | 281.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.1° / 234.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 06m / -27.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.51° / -5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.29° / 7.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.00° / -0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.