The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 29, 1908
Waning Crescent
8.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:14 AM
4:00 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.7%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 364,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -183
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,500 km.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 325.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.2° / 204.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 32m / -13.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 334.55° / -4.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.24° / 5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -145.47° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 61.5° |
| 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.