The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 22, 1926
Waxing Gibbous
64.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:34 PM
2:51 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.3%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 40
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 | 106.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.7° / 55.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 17m / 21.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 107.85° / -0.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.02° / 1.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.61° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.