The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 29, 1986
Waning Gibbous
83.1% 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
11:38 PM
8:17 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.1%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 364,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 782
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 | 228.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.2° / 273.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 38m / -21.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 237.37° / -2.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.25° / 3.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.71° / -0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.