The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 22, 2108
Waxing Gibbous
71.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:37 PM
4:03 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.3%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2291
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 | 115.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.1° / 41.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 54m / 15.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 117.43° / -5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.91° / 7.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.05° / 0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.