The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 22, 2006
Last Quarter
51.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:01 AM
10:42 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.1%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 379,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1029
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.2° / 242.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 04m / -28.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.79° / -5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.84° / 7.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.81° / -0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.