The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 22, 1960
Waning Crescent
23.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:30 AM
2:04 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.7%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 372,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 460
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 | 301.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.8° / 228.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 21m / -15.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 303.99° / 4.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.12° / -4.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.03° / -0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.