The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 22, 2155
Waning Gibbous
85.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:06 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.8%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 374,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2872
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 | 224.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.6° / 269.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 50m / -20.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 226.08° / -3.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.55° / 5.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.15° / -0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.