The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 29, 2078
Waning Gibbous
98.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:13 PM
8:02 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.7%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1920
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 | 193.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.1° / 305.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 27m / -6.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.49° / 2.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.10° / -2.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -13.02° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.