The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 29, 1916
Waning Crescent
18.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:06 AM
2:43 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.2%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 372,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -84
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 309.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.1° / 221.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 21m / -14.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 318.22° / 1.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.93° / -0.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.82° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.