The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 29, 2010
Full Moon
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:49 PM
6:40 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 363,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1079
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Mar 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 174.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.8° / 331.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 03m / -5.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.87° / -4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.58° / 6.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 8.56° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.