The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 29, 2009
Waxing Crescent
10.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:33 AM
11:48 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.9%
- Age
- 3.0 days
- Distance
- 373,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1067
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 38.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.3° / 91.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 53m / 21.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 47.34° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.04° / -5.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 138.10° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.