The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 22, 1942
Waxing Crescent
28.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:56 AM
12:24 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.7%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 238
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Mars, and Moon gathered
All within 6.7° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 64.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.6° / 78.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 20m / 16.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 65.96° / -5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.67° / 7.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 115.38° / -0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.