The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 29, 1943
Waning Crescent
43.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:03 AM
1:07 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.4%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 250
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 | 277.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.9° / 233.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 07m / -19.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.83° / 3.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.32° / -3.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -99.28° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.