The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 29, 2147
Waning Crescent
5.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:14 AM
5:47 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.5%
- Age
- 27.4 days
- Distance
- 363,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2773
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,500 km.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 332.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.8° / 180.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 53m / -7.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 341.61° / -0.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.46° / 1.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -152.12° / -0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.