The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 22, 1914
Waning Crescent
14.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:51 AM
2:58 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.4%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 398,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -109
Events on this date
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 2.9° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 315.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.2° / 212.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 20m / -18.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 316.86° / -2.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.96° / 3.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.07° / 0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.