The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 22, 1949
Waning Crescent
38.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:09 AM
11:56 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.4%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 392,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 324
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 | 283.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.6° / 233.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 10m / -27.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.41° / -5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.18° / 7.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.57° / -0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.