The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 30, 1915
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:37 PM
5:46 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 365,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -96
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Mars, and Mercury gathered
All within 3.6° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 172.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.8° / 357.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 02m / -3.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.72° / -3.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.35° / 4.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 2.68° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.