The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 22, 2008
Waning Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:01 PM
7:37 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 397,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1054
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 | 190.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.4° / 308.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 41m / -8.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.59° / -3.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.08° / 5.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.84° / 0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 136.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.