The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 22, 1973
Waning Gibbous
86.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:57 PM
7:58 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.4%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 400,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 621
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 | 223.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.1° / 279.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 46m / -20.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 225.24° / -4.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.16° / 6.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.73° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.