The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 22, 1929
Waxing Gibbous
91.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:58 PM
5:33 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.9%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 376,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 77
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 147.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.1° / 21.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 11m / 16.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 148.80° / 5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.45° / -5.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.64° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.