The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 29, 1946
Waning Crescent
15.4% 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
4:44 AM
2:54 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.4%
- Age
- 26.0 days
- Distance
- 380,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 287
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 | 314.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.8° / 213.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 45m / -18.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 322.40° / -4.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.69° / 6.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -140.87° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.