The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 22, 2009
Waning Crescent
16.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:28 AM
3:54 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.1%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 398,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1066
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 312.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.5° / 202.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 09m / -15.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 315.02° / 0.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.10° / -0.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -136.40° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.