The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 29, 1988
Waxing Gibbous
88.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:29 PM
4:50 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.0%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 807
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 | 139.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.5° / 31.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 06m / 14.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 148.62° / 2.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.73° / -2.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.63° / 0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.5° |
| 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.