The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 22, 1991
Waxing Crescent
43.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:29 AM
1:17 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.9%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 844
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 82.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.9° / 68.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 35m / 25.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 84.43° / 2.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.82° / -2.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 97.02° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.