The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 22, 1950
Waxing Crescent
14.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:09 AM
11:00 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.4%
- Age
- 4.1 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 337
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,700 km.
Exact values
For Mar 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 44.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.6° / 99.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 50m / 19.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.98° / 3.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.54° / -3.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.55° / -0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.