The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Waning Gibbous
87.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:52 PM
8:56 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.7%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 364,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1091
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Mar 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 221.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.5° / 272.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 37m / -19.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 222.80° / -3.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.97° / 5.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.65° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.