The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 22, 2014
Waning Gibbous
65.7% 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
1:04 AM
11:14 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.7%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 375,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1128
Events on this date
-
Venus at greatest elongation
47° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
-
Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 251.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.0° / 251.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 52m / -18.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.80° / 3.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.70° / -4.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.67° / 0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.