The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 22, 2069
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:58 AM
7:42 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 358,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1808
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Mar 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 354.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.3° / 151.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 44m / 2.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.17° / 3.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.18° / -4.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -176.75° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.