The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 22, 1983
Waxing Gibbous
57.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:47 AM
2:17 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.0%
- Age
- 8.0 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 745
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 | 97.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.5° / 60.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 41m / 23.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 99.41° / 0.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.79° / -0.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.40° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.