The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 22, 1909
Waxing Crescent
1.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:22 AM
7:59 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.3%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 358,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- -170
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 12.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.3° / 145.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 58m / 1.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.82° / -4.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.62° / 6.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 170.11° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.