The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 22, 1996
Waxing Crescent
12.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:23 AM
10:26 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.2%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 387,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 906
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 | 40.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.1° / 107.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 45m / 13.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 43.10° / -2.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.73° / 3.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 144.59° / 0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.