The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 22, 1912
Waxing Crescent
15.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:18 AM
11:11 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.4%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 378,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -133
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 46.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.9° / 98.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 58m / 19.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 47.72° / 2.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.52° / -2.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 128.97° / -0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.