The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 29, 1981
Waning Crescent
41.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:19 AM
12:13 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.2%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 390,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 720
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 | 280.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.7° / 240.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 22m / -20.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.19° / 1.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.96° / -1.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -107.38° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.