The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 29, 2131
Waxing Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:06 AM
8:52 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 357,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 2576
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,400 km.
Exact values
For Mar 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 9.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.2° / 131.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 13m / 2.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 17.85° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.07° / 7.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 170.55° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.