The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 29, 1931
Waxing Gibbous
76.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:51 PM
4:11 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.8%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 366,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 102
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 122.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.0° / 41.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 57m / 22.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 130.45° / 4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.67° / -5.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.03° / -0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.