The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 29, 2177
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:41 AM
7:40 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 381,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3144
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 353.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.8° / 153.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 02m / 5.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 2.41° / 4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.49° / -5.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -178.41° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.