The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 30, 1940
Last Quarter
49.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:26 AM
11:38 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.8%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 391,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 213
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.8° / 249.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 43m / -17.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.17° / 5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.33° / -6.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.07° / 0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.