The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 22, 1946
Waning Gibbous
78.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:39 PM
9:08 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.9%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 287
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,900 km.
Exact values
For Mar 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 234.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.7° / 273.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 38m / -17.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.31° / 2.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.27° / -2.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.54° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.