The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 22, 1906
Waning Crescent
5.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:32 AM
4:37 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.2%
- Age
- 27.4 days
- Distance
- 392,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -208
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 333.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.8° / 197.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 29m / -10.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 334.95° / -1.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.50° / 2.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -148.75° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.7° |
| 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.