The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 22, 2181
Waxing Crescent
43.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:58 AM
1:57 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.5%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3194
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 3.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 82.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.0° / 64.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 38m / 19.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 84.82° / -3.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.90° / 5.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 96.06° / 0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.