The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 22, 2022
Waning Gibbous
77.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:59 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.9%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1227
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 | 236.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.6° / 260.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 44m / -20.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 238.25° / -0.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.56° / 1.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.05° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.