The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 22, 1995
Waning Gibbous
63.0% 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
12:17 AM
10:23 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.0%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 893
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 255.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.1° / 258.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 04m / -19.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.70° / 3.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.83° / -3.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.36° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.