The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 23, 2022
Waning Gibbous
67.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:06 AM
10:39 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.7%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1227
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Mercury, and Neptune gathered
All within 3.9° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,700 km.
Exact values
For Mar 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 249.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.7° / 249.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 43m / -23.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.38° / -1.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.71° / 2.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.22° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.