The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 29, 1957
Waning Crescent
2.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:13 AM
5:33 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.8%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 423
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 | 341.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.6° / 195.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 16m / 0.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.95° / 4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.47° / -5.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -163.34° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.