The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 22, 2040
Waxing Gibbous
67.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:45 PM
4:31 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.8%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1450
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 110.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.5° / 38.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 44m / 25.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 113.43° / 3.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.04° / -4.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.52° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.