The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 21, 2029
Waxing Crescent
33.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:44 AM
1:22 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.9%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 396,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1314
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 71.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.7° / 68.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 42m / 24.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 72.36° / 2.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.02° / -2.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 102.12° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.1° |
| 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.