The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 29, 1961
Waxing Gibbous
93.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:33 PM
5:08 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.8%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 400,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 473
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 | 151.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.6° / 22.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 46m / 8.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.81° / 0.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.61° / 0.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.82° / -0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.