The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 22, 2168
Waxing Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:46 PM
7:16 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 379,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3033
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 | 166.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.5° / 342.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 26m / 8.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 169.04° / 4.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.36° / -4.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.85° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 307.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.