The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 22, 2046
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:34 PM
7:19 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 358,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1524
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Mar 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 183.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.0° / 317.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 16m / -6.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.08° / -4.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.43° / 6.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -2.28° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 165.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.