The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 22, 2169
Waning Crescent
30.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:34 AM
2:04 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.0%
- Age
- 23.7 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3045
Events on this date
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Neptune, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 4.9° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 293.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.5° / 217.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 54m / -22.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.07° / -2.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.30° / 3.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -111.60° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.