The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 29, 1992
Waning Crescent
18.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:54 AM
2:46 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.6%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 856
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 309.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.5° / 224.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 19m / -12.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 318.35° / 3.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.54° / -4.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.82° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.