The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 29, 1979
Waxing Crescent
3.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:28 AM
8:51 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 371,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 696
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 | 21.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.5° / 131.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 55m / 8.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.65° / -3.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.24° / 5.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 163.86° / -0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.