The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 22, 2005
Waxing Gibbous
90.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:39 PM
5:21 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.2%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 400,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1017
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 | 143.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.6° / 24.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 59m / 17.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.85° / 4.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.07° / -5.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.60° / -0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.