The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 30, 1937
Waning Gibbous
87.6% 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
10:49 PM
7:54 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.6%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 176
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,400 km.
Exact values
For Mar 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 221.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.8° / 281.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 11m / -20.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.89° / -2.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.16° / 3.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.05° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.