The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 29, 2127
Waning Gibbous
97.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:45 PM
8:12 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.5%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 359,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2526
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,400 km.
Exact values
For Mar 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 198.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.5° / 298.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 43m / -8.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.82° / 2.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.75° / -1.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -18.68° / -0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.