The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 22, 2050
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:58 AM
7:44 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 360,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1573
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Mar 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 354.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.5° / 151.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 43m / 2.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.16° / 4.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.01° / -4.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -172.95° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.