The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 29, 1909
Waxing Gibbous
60.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:05 PM
2:44 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.1%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 395,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -170
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 101.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.0° / 56.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 28m / 24.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 109.95° / 2.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.09° / -2.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.69° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.