The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 22, 2137
Waxing Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:49 AM
9:02 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 386,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2650
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 10.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.5° / 128.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 45m / 6.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.11° / 1.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.86° / -1.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 173.72° / 0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 240.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.