The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 23, 2023
Waxing Crescent
5.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:36 AM
10:18 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.0%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 374,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1240
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 | 25.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.1° / 110.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 46m / 10.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 28.45° / -0.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.08° / 1.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 159.96° / -0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.