The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 29, 2001
Waxing Crescent
21.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:08 AM
11:49 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.7%
- Age
- 4.7 days
- Distance
- 381,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 968
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
-
Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 55.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.6° / 92.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 12m / 18.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 64.42° / -2.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.93° / 4.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 118.94° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.