The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 22, 2051
Waxing Gibbous
80.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:42 PM
4:49 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.9%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1586
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 | 128.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.5° / 30.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 45m / 12.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 130.23° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.16° / 7.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.30° / 0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.