The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 29, 1969
Waxing Gibbous
82.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:40 PM
4:32 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.7%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 395,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 572
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 | 130.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.3° / 37.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 33m / 18.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 139.59° / 3.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.00° / -3.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.43° / 0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.