The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 22, 2057
Waning Gibbous
96.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:51 PM
8:44 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.3%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 368,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1660
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 201.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.8° / 297.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 37m / -4.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.27° / 4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.24° / -5.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -24.67° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.