The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 22, 1979
Waning Crescent
36.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:29 AM
12:46 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.3%
- Age
- 24.0 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 695
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 | 286.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.8° / 239.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 14m / -17.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.56° / 4.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.41° / -5.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -110.65° / -0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.