The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 29, 1958
Waxing Gibbous
63.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:51 PM
2:23 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.3%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 377,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 436
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Mar 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 105.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.7° / 60.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 39m / 16.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 113.83° / -5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.95° / 7.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.84° / 0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.