The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 21, 2022
Waning Gibbous
86.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:51 PM
9:26 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.5%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 371,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1227
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 223.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.6° / 273.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 48m / -15.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 224.16° / 0.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.34° / -0.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.89° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.