The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 22, 1936
New Moon
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:51 AM
6:34 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 357,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 163
Events on this date
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Mar 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 353.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.9° / 177.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 35m / 2.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.20° / 4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.00° / -5.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -175.02° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.