The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 22, 1924
Waning Gibbous
96.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:43 PM
7:36 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.7%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 364,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 15
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 200.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.0° / 314.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 29m / -4.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.38° / 4.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.62° / -4.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.94° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.