The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 29, 2089
Waning Gibbous
87.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:36 PM
9:18 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.9%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 388,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2056
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 220.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.8° / 274.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 15m / -15.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.49° / 2.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.73° / -3.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.40° / 0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.