The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Waning Crescent
20.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:45 AM
3:33 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.7%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 401,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1091
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 | 306.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.5° / 211.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 04m / -12.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.70° / 3.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.46° / -4.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.91° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.