The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 22, 1986
Waxing Gibbous
86.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:57 PM
5:02 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.0%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 384,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 782
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 | 136.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.1° / 30.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 28m / 20.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 137.95° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.72° / -5.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.39° / -0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.