The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 29, 2143
Waxing Gibbous
97.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:45 PM
6:12 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.4%
- Age
- 13.1 days
- Distance
- 359,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2724
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,800 km.
Exact values
For Mar 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 161.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.5° / 351.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 18m / -0.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 170.51° / -4.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.64° / 6.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.48° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.5° |
| 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.