The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 22, 2167
Waxing Crescent
2.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:39 AM
9:34 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.8%
- Age
- 1.4 days
- Distance
- 361,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 3021
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,700 km.
Exact values
For Mar 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 18.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.5° / 120.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 23m / 3.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 20.65° / -4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.31° / 6.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 159.64° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.