The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 22, 2001
Waning Crescent
5.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:45 AM
4:32 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.3%
- Age
- 27.4 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 967
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 333.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.8° / 195.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 36m / -13.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 335.76° / -4.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.52° / 5.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -155.57° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 59.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.