The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 29, 1989
Waning Gibbous
57.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:29 AM
10:13 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.6%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 388,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 819
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 261.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.1° / 247.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 01m / -28.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.31° / -4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.21° / 6.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.75° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.