The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 22, 1901
Waxing Crescent
7.1% 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
7:36 AM
9:46 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.1%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 359,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -269
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 30.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.4° / 117.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 57m / 13.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.07° / 1.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.51° / -1.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 151.45° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.