The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 22, 1971
Waning Crescent
22.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:05 AM
1:53 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.9%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 368,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 596
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 | 303.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.7° / 223.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 29m / -20.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.44° / -1.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.03° / 2.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.29° / 0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.