The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 22, 1917
New Moon
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:53 AM
6:34 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 363,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -72
Events on this date
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Mars, Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 6.5° of each other in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Mar 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 353.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.7° / 176.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 35m / 2.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.13° / 4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.13° / -5.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.22° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.