The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 29, 2004
Waxing Gibbous
57.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:38 AM
2:42 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.0%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 400,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1005
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Mar 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 97.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.7° / 57.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 17m / 27.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 107.24° / 4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.42° / -5.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.86° / -0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.