The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 22, 1930
Waning Crescent
44.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:35 AM
11:21 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.6%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 89
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 | 276.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.1° / 238.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 35m / -27.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.67° / -4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.62° / 6.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.77° / -0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.