The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 22, 2138
Waxing Gibbous
85.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:03 PM
5:44 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.6%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2662
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 | 135.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.2° / 19.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 20m / 17.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 137.19° / 1.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.15° / -1.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.00° / 0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.