The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 22, 2052
Waning Gibbous
59.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:41 AM
11:51 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.0%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 401,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1598
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 | 259.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.6° / 247.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 28m / -18.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.46° / 4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.37° / -5.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.25° / 0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.