The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 15, 1922
Waning Gibbous
92.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:35 PM
8:03 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.7%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 364,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -10
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 211.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.0° / 300.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 37m / -8.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.62° / 1.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.73° / -1.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.20° / 0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.