The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 29, 1994
Waning Gibbous
92.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:01 PM
7:29 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.6%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 359,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 881
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 211.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.2° / 293.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 31m / -16.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 220.50° / -1.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.28° / 2.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.11° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.