The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 29, 2139
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:41 AM
7:29 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 357,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2674
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,800 km.
Exact values
For Mar 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 350.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.3° / 157.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 52m / 3.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 359.31° / 3.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.21° / -4.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -170.77° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.