The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 29, 2045
Waxing Gibbous
87.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:33 PM
5:36 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.4%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 365,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1512
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,800 km.
Exact values
For Mar 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 138.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.2° / 17.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 00m / 12.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 147.67° / 0.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.77° / 0.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.93° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.