The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 22, 2171
Waning Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:54 PM
8:09 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 358,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3070
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,700 km.
Exact values
For Mar 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 190.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.6° / 311.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 49m / -1.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.93° / 3.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.08° / -3.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.96° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.