The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 22, 2070
Waxing Gibbous
83.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:59 PM
4:58 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.0%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 381,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1821
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 | 131.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.4° / 27.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 59m / 11.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.83° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.60° / 7.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.51° / 0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.