The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 22, 2044
Waning Crescent
41.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:58 AM
12:45 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.0%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1499
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 | 280.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.7° / 225.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 00m / -27.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.21° / -4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.07° / 6.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.89° / 0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.