The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 22, 1974
Waning Crescent
1.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:34 AM
6:53 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.8%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 394,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 633
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 | 345.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.1° / 165.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 05m / -0.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.29° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.46° / -5.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.91° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.