The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 16, 1922
Waning Gibbous
85.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:43 PM
8:43 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.6%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -10
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 224.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.3° / 285.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 34m / -12.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 220.03° / 2.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.78° / -2.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.35° / 0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.