The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 29, 1993
Waxing Crescent
34.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:00 AM
12:21 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.8%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 386,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 869
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 | 72.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.8° / 77.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 22m / 22.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 81.20° / -0.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.73° / 1.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 100.30° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.