The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 22, 2187
Waxing Gibbous
94.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:37 PM
6:41 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.5%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 360,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3268
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,600 km.
Exact values
For Mar 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 153.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.2° / 358.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 34m / 13.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 155.17° / 3.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.36° / -4.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.20° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.