The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 22, 2015
Waxing Crescent
7.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:59 AM
10:44 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.4%
- Age
- 2.3 days
- Distance
- 365,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1141
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 31.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.6° / 105.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 07m / 10.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.24° / -2.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.43° / 3.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 153.49° / 0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.