The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 29, 2042
Waxing Gibbous
61.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:09 PM
4:10 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.9%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 393,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1475
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 103.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.8° / 42.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 42m / 26.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 112.80° / 5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.45° / -6.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 82.96° / -0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.