The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 29, 1956
Waning Gibbous
89.1% 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
10:34 PM
7:47 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.1%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 391,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 411
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 | 218.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.1° / 284.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 58m / -18.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 227.55° / -1.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.50° / 3.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.66° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.