The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 29, 2047
Waxing Crescent
9.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:25 AM
11:21 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.0%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1537
Events on this date
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
-
Moon, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 6.2° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 34.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.3° / 95.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 38m / 20.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 43.50° / 4.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.12° / -5.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 142.70° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.