The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 29, 2026
Waxing Gibbous
87.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:34 PM
5:43 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.8%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 382,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1277
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 | 139.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.9° / 16.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 02m / 13.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 148.03° / 0.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.34° / -0.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.74° / 0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.