The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 29, 1951
Waning Gibbous
56.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:35 AM
10:18 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.1%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 349
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 | 263.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.1° / 245.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 06m / -28.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.28° / -5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.08° / 7.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.14° / 0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.