The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 29, 1949
New Moon
0.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:30 AM
7:06 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.0%
- Age
- 0.1 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 325
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 2.3° of each other in the sky.
-
New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Mar 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 0.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 178.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.7° / 163.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 37m / 2.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.50° / -1.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.25° / 2.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 177.97° / -0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 317.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -3.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.