The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 29, 2018
Waxing Gibbous
95.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:01 PM
6:32 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.7%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 372,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1178
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 | 156.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.0° / 355.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 09m / 8.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 164.97° / 2.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.46° / -2.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 27.14° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.