The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 29, 1996
Waxing Gibbous
74.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:58 PM
3:12 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.1%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 906
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 | 118.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.5° / 52.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 37m / 13.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.16° / -4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.01° / 6.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.24° / 0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.