The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 22, 1957
Waning Gibbous
55.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:07 AM
11:00 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.1%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 394,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 423
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 | 264.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.4° / 251.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 43m / -20.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.11° / 2.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.45° / -3.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.93° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.