The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 21, 1929
Waxing Gibbous
84.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:45 PM
4:56 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.9%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 374,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 77
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 134.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.5° / 32.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 16m / 21.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.91° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.81° / -5.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.80° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.