The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 29, 1930
Waning Crescent
0.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:19 AM
6:28 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 394,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 89
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 353.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.6° / 173.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 12m / -1.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 2.09° / -2.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.53° / 4.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -178.21° / -0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 39.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.