The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 29, 2053
Waxing Gibbous
76.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:16 PM
4:27 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.7%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 373,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1611
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 122.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.3° / 35.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 53m / 13.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.73° / -3.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.65° / 5.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.55° / -0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.