The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 22, 1994
Waxing Gibbous
72.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:37 PM
3:09 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.0%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 381,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 881
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 | 116.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.8° / 52.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 56m / 16.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 117.96° / -4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.13° / 6.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.99° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.