The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 22, 1951
Waxing Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:11 PM
6:08 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 378,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 349
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 | 170.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.4° / 358.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 30m / 3.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 171.82° / -0.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.20° / 0.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.99° / 0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.