The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 29, 1947
First Quarter
50.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:07 AM
1:55 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.5%
- Age
- 7.0 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 300
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 370,100 km.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Mar 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 90.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.6° / 63.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 38m / 26.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 98.58° / 2.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.55° / -3.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 89.28° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.