The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 22, 2068
Waning Gibbous
87.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:43 PM
9:05 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.6%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 396,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1796
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 | 221.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.0° / 272.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 45m / -17.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 224.19° / -1.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.22° / 2.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.04° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.