The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 22, 2098
Waning Gibbous
70.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:02 AM
10:18 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.0%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 394,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2167
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 246.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.1° / 250.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 27m / -25.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 249.05° / -3.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.55° / 5.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.06° / -0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.