The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 22, 2007
Waxing Crescent
17.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:18 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.9%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 365,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1042
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 | 49.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.8° / 83.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 11m / 22.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.48° / 4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.30° / -5.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 134.84° / 0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.