The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 29, 1980
Waxing Gibbous
96.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:13 PM
5:35 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.7%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 708
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 159.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.3° / 12.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 20m / 6.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 168.29° / 1.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.56° / -1.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.05° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.