The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 29, 2007
Waxing Gibbous
85.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:12 PM
5:40 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.8%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 399,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1042
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 135.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.0° / 19.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 49m / 15.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 144.21° / 1.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.75° / -1.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.54° / 0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.0° |
| 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.