The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 22, 2016
Waxing Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:12 PM
7:08 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1153
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 | 170.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.0° / 336.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 36m / 2.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 173.34° / 0.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.72° / 0.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.74° / -0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.