The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 29, 2176
Waning Gibbous
83.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:01 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.6%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 3132
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,400 km.
Exact values
For Mar 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 227.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.4° / 262.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 35m / -24.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 237.30° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.61° / 7.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.68° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.