The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 22, 1968
Waning Crescent
36.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:18 AM
12:08 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.5%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 378,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 559
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 | 285.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.8° / 231.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 21m / -27.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.04° / -5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.63° / 7.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.37° / -0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.