The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 29, 1999
Waxing Gibbous
95.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:48 PM
5:24 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.1%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 392,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 943
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 | 154.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.3° / 17.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 00m / 8.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.92° / 1.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.24° / -1.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.43° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.4° |
| 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.