The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 29, 1903
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:38 AM
7:46 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 382,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -244
Events on this date
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Mars at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Mar 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 7.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.5° / 151.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 58m / 6.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 15.76° / 0.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.16° / 0.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 166.93° / 0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.