The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 29, 2013
Waning Gibbous
93.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:51 PM
8:29 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.4%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 368,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1116
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 209.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.9° / 283.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 25m / -15.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.97° / -0.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.99° / 1.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.40° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.