The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 22, 2131
Waning Crescent
44.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:09 AM
12:48 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.4%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 389,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2575
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 | 276.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.8° / 232.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 35m / -22.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.12° / 0.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.25° / -0.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.99° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.