The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 22, 2144
Waning Gibbous
86.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:48 PM
9:22 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.8%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 363,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2736
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 222.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.0° / 273.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 52m / -15.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 225.10° / 1.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.14° / -0.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.89° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.