The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 22, 2003
Waning Gibbous
75.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:10 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.7%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 366,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 992
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 | 239.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.7° / 268.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 55m / -20.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.87° / 0.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.73° / 0.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -54.76° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.