The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 23, 2015
Waxing Crescent
14.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:41 AM
11:51 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.7%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1141
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 | 44.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.7° / 92.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 04m / 13.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 47.59° / -3.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.71° / 4.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 141.28° / 0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.