The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 22, 2087
Waning Gibbous
89.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:18 PM
8:56 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.8%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2031
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,800 km.
Exact values
For Mar 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 217.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.0° / 277.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 27m / -16.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.52° / -1.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.86° / 2.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.67° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.