The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 29, 2073
Waning Gibbous
58.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:45 AM
11:53 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.4%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 382,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1858
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 260.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.3° / 245.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 00m / -18.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.98° / 4.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.01° / -5.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.62° / -1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.