The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 14, 2022
Waxing Gibbous
86.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:50 PM
6:12 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.2%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 396,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1227
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 136.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.5° / 15.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 58m / 22.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 130.50° / 4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.91° / -5.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.18° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.