The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 29, 2043
Waning Gibbous
85.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:59 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.7%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1487
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,600 km.
Exact values
For Mar 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 224.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.5° / 266.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 20m / -22.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 233.28° / -3.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.69° / 5.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.41° / 0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.