The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 22, 1913
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:19 PM
6:37 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 360,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -121
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 5:12 AM, is deepest at 6:57 AM and ends at 8:42 AM. Totality lasts from 6:10 AM to 7:44 AM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
Exact values
For Mar 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 182.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 2.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.6° / 340.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 16m / -1.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.43° / -0.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.47° / 0.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -0.55° / -0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 127.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.