The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 29, 2046
Last Quarter
46.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:21 AM
12:30 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.4%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 394,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1524
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
28° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Mar 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 274.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.9° / 231.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 00m / -25.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.46° / -2.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.15° / 3.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.44° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.