The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 30, 1941
Waxing Crescent
7.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:52 AM
9:40 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.3%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 226
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 4.1° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 31.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.6° / 117.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 37m / 11.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 40.71° / -3.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.54° / 4.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 147.08° / -0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.