The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 22, 2089
Waxing Gibbous
82.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:54 PM
4:53 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.3%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 366,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2056
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,700 km.
Exact values
For Mar 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 130.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.7° / 28.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 57m / 12.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.09° / -4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.70° / 6.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.70° / 0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.