The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 29, 2008
Last Quarter
52.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:58 AM
11:48 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.5%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 400,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1054
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 267.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.8° / 234.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 30m / -27.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.66° / -3.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.44° / 5.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.03° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.