The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 22, 1984
Waning Gibbous
66.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:07 AM
9:50 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.6%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 382,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 757
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 250.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.8° / 258.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 46m / -22.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.02° / -0.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.82° / 1.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.12° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.