The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 16, 2022
Waxing Gibbous
96.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:02 PM
7:15 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.8%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 387,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1227
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 159.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.9° / 350.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 38m / 13.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 155.95° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.97° / -5.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.87° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 303.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.