The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 30, 1939
Waxing Gibbous
74.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:01 PM
3:09 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.4%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 366,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 201
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 119.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.0° / 52.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 37m / 13.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.29° / -5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.47° / 7.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.48° / 0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.