The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 22, 1905
Waning Gibbous
96.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:48 PM
7:37 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 358,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -220
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 | 201.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.1° / 312.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 30m / -5.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.81° / 3.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.00° / -4.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.14° / -0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.