The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 29, 2016
Waning Gibbous
69.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:44 AM
11:02 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.3%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 398,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1153
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 247.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.3° / 255.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 05m / -17.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.75° / 5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.85° / -6.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.41° / -0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.