The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 22, 1989
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:19 PM
6:26 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 819
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
Exact values
For Mar 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 183.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.3° / 340.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 15m / -4.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.22° / -2.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.41° / 4.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.57° / 0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 157.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.