The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 22, 1956
Waxing Gibbous
81.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:46 PM
3:54 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.8%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 411
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 | 129.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.0° / 43.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 51m / 13.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.61° / -4.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.69° / 6.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.44° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.