The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 29, 1945
Waning Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:51 PM
8:08 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 275
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
Exact values
For Mar 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 190.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.2° / 310.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 17m / -2.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.70° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.89° / -5.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.81° / -1.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.