The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 22, 2109
Waning Gibbous
60.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:25 AM
11:44 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.8%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 373,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2303
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 | 257.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.9° / 248.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 16m / -17.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 259.56° / 5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.51° / -6.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.30° / -0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.