The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 22, 1922
Waning Crescent
27.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:10 AM
1:38 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.8%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 401,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -10
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 | 296.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.2° / 232.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 56m / -15.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.85° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.37° / -5.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -111.41° / 0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.