The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 29, 2040
Waning Gibbous
98.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:14 PM
8:06 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.6%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 378,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1450
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 | 192.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.3° / 305.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 29m / -5.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.53° / 3.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.84° / -3.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.61° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.