The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 22, 1921
Waxing Gibbous
98.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:47 PM
5:34 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.2%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 366,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -22
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 | 164.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.9° / 8.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 04m / 2.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 166.32° / -3.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.27° / 5.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.05° / 0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.