The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 22, 2058
Waning Crescent
4.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:58 AM
5:53 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.2%
- Age
- 27.7 days
- Distance
- 368,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1672
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 336.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.3° / 173.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 50m / -12.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 339.09° / -4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.20° / 7.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -154.28° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 54.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.