The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 22, 1992
Waning Gibbous
81.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:39 PM
8:25 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.4%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 385,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 856
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 | 231.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.7° / 272.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 20m / -21.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 233.40° / -3.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.05° / 4.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.52° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.