The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 29, 1970
Waning Gibbous
58.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:22 AM
10:06 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.6%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 374,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 584
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 | 260.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.2° / 247.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 55m / -28.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.85° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.52° / 7.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.96° / 0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.