The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 22, 1938
Waning Gibbous
62.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:30 AM
10:18 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.6%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 188
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 | 255.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.9° / 256.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 04m / -21.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.93° / 1.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.55° / -1.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.13° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.