The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 22, 1937
Waxing Gibbous
82.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:47 PM
3:59 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.2%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 385,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 176
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 | 130.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.1° / 42.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 52m / 13.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.77° / -4.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.00° / 5.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.23° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.0° |
| 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.