The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 29, 2019
Waning Crescent
35.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:55 AM
1:40 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.9%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1190
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 286.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.2° / 224.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 49m / -21.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.17° / -0.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.44° / 0.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.27° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.