The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 29, 2179
Last Quarter
54.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:22 AM
12:01 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.4%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 386,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3169
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.1° / 240.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 17m / -21.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.03° / 1.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.74° / -1.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.50° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.