The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 29, 2005
Waning Gibbous
84.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:29 PM
8:09 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.2%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 377,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1017
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 226.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.7° / 274.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 32m / -22.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.05° / -2.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.25° / 4.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.52° / -0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.