The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 22, 2196
Waning Crescent
39.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:44 AM
1:12 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.6%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 400,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3379
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 282.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.9° / 227.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 05m / -23.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.02° / -0.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.67° / 1.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.77° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.