The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 29, 2003
Waning Crescent
9.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:20 AM
3:54 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.1%
- Age
- 26.6 days
- Distance
- 396,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 992
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 4.4° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 325.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.1° / 204.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 31m / -14.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 333.93° / -5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.65° / 7.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -140.09° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 60.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.