The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 22, 2141
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:17 PM
7:09 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.1 days
- Distance
- 390,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2699
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 181.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.1° / 321.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 05m / -5.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.54° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.37° / 7.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.07° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 190.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.