The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 29, 2178
Waxing Gibbous
79.2% 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
3:33 PM
4:43 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.2%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 365,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3157
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 | 125.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.1° / 31.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 06m / 13.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.90° / -3.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.81° / 4.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.85° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.2° |
| 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.