The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 29, 2103
Waning Gibbous
68.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:16 AM
10:29 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.4%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 381,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2229
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 | 248.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.0° / 248.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 02m / -25.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.83° / -2.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.71° / 4.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.49° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.