The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 22, 1933
Waning Crescent
12.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:55 AM
3:18 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.4%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 381,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 126
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 | 318.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.2° / 211.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 33m / -16.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 320.46° / -1.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.34° / 2.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -133.89° / 0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.