The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 22, 2179
Waxing Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:29 PM
6:44 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 356,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3169
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,700 km.
Exact values
For Mar 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 171.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.0° / 336.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 28m / -1.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 173.40° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.86° / 7.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 7.62° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.0° |
| 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.