The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 29, 1940
Waning Gibbous
60.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:34 AM
10:44 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.1%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 385,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 213
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 | 258.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.5° / 256.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 49m / -18.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.29° / 4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.63° / -5.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.88° / 0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.5° |
| 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.