The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 29, 1976
Waning Crescent
1.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:35 AM
6:13 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.0%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 658
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 | 349.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.1° / 183.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 48m / 2.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 358.21° / 3.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.71° / -4.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -167.16° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.