The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 22, 2017
Waning Crescent
31.1% 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
4:03 AM
2:15 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.1%
- Age
- 24.0 days
- Distance
- 395,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1165
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 | 292.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.5° / 222.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 43m / -18.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.56° / 3.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.05° / -3.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -117.74° / -0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.