The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 22, 2012
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:10 AM
8:10 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.1 days
- Distance
- 400,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1104
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
-
New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
-
Mercury, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.3° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 0.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.9° / 142.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 04m / 5.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 3.08° / 4.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.20° / -5.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -177.54° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 166.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.