The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 29, 2118
Waxing Crescent
42.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:13 AM
2:31 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.5%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 396,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2415
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 81.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.3° / 58.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 59m / 28.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 89.86° / 5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.88° / -6.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 92.11° / 0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.