The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 28, 2029
Waxing Gibbous
96.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:32 PM
6:07 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.7%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 359,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1314
Events on this date
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Neptune behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 159.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.7° / 354.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 08m / 0.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 167.74° / -4.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.40° / 6.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 16.92° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.