The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 22, 1981
Waning Gibbous
95.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:48 PM
7:48 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.9%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 720
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 | 202.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.6° / 311.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 40m / -5.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.91° / 4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.53° / -5.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.16° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.