The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 22, 1927
Waning Gibbous
84.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:54 PM
8:49 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.3%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 401,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 52
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 226.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.7° / 282.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 05m / -13.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 227.81° / 3.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.49° / -4.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.76° / -1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.