The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 29, 2017
Waxing Crescent
3.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:31 AM
9:53 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 364,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1166
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.3° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 20.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.4° / 116.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 58m / 7.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.13° / -4.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.95° / 6.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 156.77° / -0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.