The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 22, 2148
Waxing Crescent
8.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:17 AM
10:49 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.4%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 363,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 2786
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 | 33.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.4° / 105.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 21m / 8.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 35.86° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.11° / 7.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 151.24° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.