The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 22, 2147
Waning Gibbous
74.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:03 AM
10:41 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.4%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 382,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2773
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 | 240.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.3° / 261.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 06m / -15.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.57° / 5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.66° / -6.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.77° / -0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.