The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 22, 2166
Waning Gibbous
71.8% 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
12:23 AM
10:53 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.8%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 397,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 3008
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 | 244.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.1° / 258.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 21m / -16.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.30° / 5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.08° / -6.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.56° / -0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.