The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 22, 1976
Last Quarter
51.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:23 AM
11:24 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.0%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 381,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 658
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 269.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.2° / 249.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 05m / -19.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.22° / 3.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.33° / -4.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.74° / 1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.