The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 29, 1942
Waxing Gibbous
90.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:00 PM
5:43 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.2%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 383,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 238
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 | 143.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.7° / 12.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 14m / 9.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.86° / -1.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.83° / 1.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.12° / -0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.