The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 22, 2059
Waxing Gibbous
66.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:33 PM
4:25 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.3%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 400,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1685
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 | 108.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.0° / 39.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 34m / 25.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 111.01° / 4.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.53° / -4.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.90° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.