The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 30, 1944
Waxing Crescent
41.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:47 AM
1:49 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.6%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 391,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 263
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 80.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.6° / 64.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 00m / 20.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.01° / -2.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.57° / 4.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 106.45° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.