The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 22, 1918
Waxing Gibbous
79.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:23 PM
3:51 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.4%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -59
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 4.2° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 126.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.4° / 44.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 35m / 15.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.28° / -3.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.69° / 4.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.02° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.