The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 22, 1961
Waxing Crescent
36.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:30 AM
12:08 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.5%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 395,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 473
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 | 74.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.3° / 80.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 02m / 17.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 76.03° / -5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.10° / 7.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 111.07° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.