The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 22, 2083
Waxing Crescent
16.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:08 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.3%
- Age
- 4.3 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1982
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,400 km.
Exact values
For Mar 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 47.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.9° / 85.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 02m / 22.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 49.47° / 5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.32° / -6.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 131.80° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.