The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 29, 1990
Waxing Crescent
12.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:38 AM
10:58 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.1%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 362,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 832
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 | 40.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.6° / 100.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 01m / 22.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 49.08° / 5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.28° / -6.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 141.40° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.