The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 22, 1987
Last Quarter
49.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:06 AM
10:49 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.8%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 794
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.1° / 241.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 09m / -28.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.89° / -5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.58° / 7.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.00° / -0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.