The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 22, 2071
Waning Gibbous
60.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:33 AM
11:46 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.2%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 402,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1833
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 | 258.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.4° / 248.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 20m / -18.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.49° / 5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.65° / -5.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.88° / 0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.