The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 29, 1984
Waning Crescent
7.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:29 AM
4:16 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.2%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 757
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
Exact values
For Mar 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 329.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.9° / 200.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 49m / -13.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 338.58° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.35° / 7.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -148.48° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 58.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.