The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 22, 2139
Waning Gibbous
60.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:05 AM
11:01 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.4%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 386,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2674
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 | 258.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.3° / 241.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 14m / -27.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 259.74° / -4.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.99° / 6.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.36° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.