The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 22, 2082
Waning Crescent
36.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:14 AM
1:16 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.7%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 390,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1969
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 285.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.8° / 222.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 21m / -26.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.12° / -3.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.67° / 5.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.32° / 0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.