The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 29, 2023
Waxing Gibbous
55.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:30 PM
3:38 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.5%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1240
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 | 96.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.5° / 48.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 07m / 27.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 104.87° / 4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.68° / -5.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 86.75° / -0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.