The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 29, 2059
Waning Gibbous
99.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:32 PM
7:50 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 400,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1685
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 | 185.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.7° / 315.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 59m / -2.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.65° / 3.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.65° / -3.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -9.25° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.