The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 22, 2174
Waning Gibbous
84.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:07 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.9%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 392,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 3107
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 225.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.2° / 267.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 57m / -21.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 227.90° / -4.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.92° / 6.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.95° / 0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.