The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 30, 1930
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:40 AM
7:32 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 390,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 90
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.5° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 5.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.3° / 155.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 57m / 4.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 14.75° / -1.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.92° / 2.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 169.57° / -0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.