The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 22, 1903
Waning Crescent
35.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:37 AM
12:55 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.0%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -245
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,500 km.
Exact values
For Mar 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 287.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.4° / 238.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 17m / -16.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.54° / 5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.80° / -6.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -107.60° / 0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.