The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 29, 1973
Waning Crescent
24.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:33 AM
1:57 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.9%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 393,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 621
Events on this date
-
Jupiter, Mars, and Moon gathered
All within 4.8° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 300.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.8° / 228.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 44m / -15.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 309.20° / 2.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.56° / -2.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.01° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.