The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 22, 1943
Waning Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:41 PM
8:10 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 387,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 250
Events on this date
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Neptune at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Mar 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 188.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.1° / 312.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 43m / -0.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.02° / 3.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.45° / -4.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -14.10° / -0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.