The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 29, 2106
Waning Crescent
31.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:52 AM
2:22 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.7%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 399,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2266
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 | 291.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.4° / 224.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 06m / -15.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.30° / 4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.64° / -5.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -115.53° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.