The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 29, 2072
Waxing Gibbous
74.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:03 PM
4:20 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.9%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 366,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1846
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 | 119.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.5° / 37.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 45m / 14.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 129.64° / -3.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.61° / 4.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.73° / -0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.0° |
| 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.