The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 22, 1993
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:52 AM
6:31 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 868
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 | 353.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.2° / 177.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 36m / 2.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.61° / 4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.91° / -5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -174.24° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.