The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 22, 2010
Waxing Crescent
41.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:21 AM
2:05 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.4%
- Age
- 6.8 days
- Distance
- 378,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1079
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 | 79.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.4° / 61.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 24m / 25.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 81.92° / 2.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.40° / -2.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 93.73° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.