The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 22, 1948
Waxing Gibbous
91.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:55 PM
5:29 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.5%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 361,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 312
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 | 146.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.8° / 22.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 09m / 16.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 148.32° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.20° / -5.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.84° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.