The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 22, 2080
Waxing Crescent
1.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:03 AM
9:18 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 1.2 days
- Distance
- 383,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1945
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 | 14.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.4° / 124.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 02m / 7.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 17.00° / 0.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.95° / 0.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 160.76° / -0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.