The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 29, 1953
Waxing Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:24 PM
5:40 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 374
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 | 170.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.6° / 1.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 52m / -3.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.57° / -3.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.71° / 5.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 7.25° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.9° |
| 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.