The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 22, 2085
Waning Crescent
12.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:27 AM
4:32 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.8%
- Age
- 26.4 days
- Distance
- 363,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2006
Events on this date
-
Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 318.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.1° / 199.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 29m / -11.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 321.11° / 3.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.65° / -3.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -139.42° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.