The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 22, 2106
Waning Gibbous
91.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:04 PM
8:51 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.2%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 394,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2266
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 | 214.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.1° / 280.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 14m / -14.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.23° / -1.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.84° / 2.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.29° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.