The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 22, 1958
Waxing Crescent
4.7% 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
7:29 AM
9:06 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.7%
- Age
- 2.3 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 436
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 | 24.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.2° / 126.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 37m / 10.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 26.42° / 0.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.69° / -0.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 152.22° / 0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.