The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 29, 2159
Waxing Gibbous
80.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:42 PM
4:53 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.7%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 375,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2922
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 127.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.0° / 29.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 13m / 13.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.61° / -2.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.08° / 4.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.66° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.