The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 29, 2138
Waning Gibbous
90.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:34 PM
8:26 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.5%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 384,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2662
Events on this date
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Uranus at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Mar 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 215.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.9° / 274.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 42m / -20.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 224.52° / -4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.00° / 6.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.10° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.