The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 22, 1919
Waning Gibbous
70.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:35 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.3%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -47
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 246.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.7° / 262.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 22m / -21.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.21° / 0.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.87° / 0.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.35° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.