The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 22, 1955
Waning Crescent
2.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:23 AM
5:26 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.9%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 374,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 398
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 | 340.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.9° / 194.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 47m / -2.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 342.19° / 4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.19° / -5.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -166.62° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.