The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 29, 1902
Waning Gibbous
73.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:31 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.5%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -257
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,700 km.
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Mars behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 242.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.9° / 266.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 36m / -18.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.15° / 3.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.99° / -3.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.27° / 0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.