The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 22, 1945
Waxing Gibbous
69.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:02 PM
4:20 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.1%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 390,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 275
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 | 112.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.6° / 39.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 44m / 22.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 113.96° / 0.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.35° / -0.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.33° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.