The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 22, 1952
Waning Crescent
13.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:48 AM
3:16 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.0%
- Age
- 26.3 days
- Distance
- 365,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 361
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,500 km.
Exact values
For Mar 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 317.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.1° / 212.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 31m / -15.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.93° / -0.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.44° / 1.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -137.70° / 0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.9° |
| 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.