The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 22, 2090
Last Quarter
53.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:09 AM
12:22 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.0%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 392,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2068
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 266.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.2° / 242.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 57m / -18.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.19° / 5.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.17° / -6.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.68° / -0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.