The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 29, 1997
Waning Gibbous
72.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:45 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.2%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 384,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 918
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 | 243.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.4° / 267.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 48m / -17.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.68° / 5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.29° / -5.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.14° / -0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.1° |
| 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.