The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 22, 1990
Waning Crescent
20.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:11 AM
2:12 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.6%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 382,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 831
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars 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 | 306.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.7° / 221.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 42m / -18.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.88° / -0.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.76° / 1.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -133.10° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.