The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 29, 2015
Waxing Gibbous
72.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:47 PM
4:07 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.3%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1141
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 | 116.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.9° / 40.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 25m / 14.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 125.13° / -4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.40° / 6.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.13° / 0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.