The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 24, 2022
Waning Gibbous
56.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:19 AM
11:28 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.6%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1227
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 262.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.1° / 239.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 45m / -26.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.52° / -2.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.80° / 4.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.39° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.