The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 30, 1921
Waning Gibbous
56.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:55 AM
11:02 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.6%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 401,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -22
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
28° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Mar 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 262.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.3° / 253.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 09m / -18.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.02° / 4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.39° / -5.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.26° / 0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.8° |
| 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.