The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 22, 2191
Waning Crescent
9.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:25 AM
4:49 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.3%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 364,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3317
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,300 km.
Exact values
For Mar 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 324.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.2° / 187.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 03m / -16.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.90° / -4.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.13° / 6.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -144.34° / -0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.