The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 19, 2022
Waning Gibbous
97.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:26 PM
8:31 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.7%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 376,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1227
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 197.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.8° / 302.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 05m / -3.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.27° / 3.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.56° / -3.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.58° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.