The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 29, 2140
Waxing Gibbous
87.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:34 PM
5:22 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.1%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 396,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2687
Events on this date
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Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 137.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.5° / 20.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 54m / 9.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 147.29° / -2.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.67° / 4.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.30° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.