The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 29, 2021
Waning Gibbous
98.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:12 PM
8:06 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.7%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 360,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1215
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 192.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.9° / 306.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 26m / -4.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.52° / 3.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.66° / -4.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -13.82° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.