The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 30, 1947
Waxing Gibbous
61.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:12 PM
2:56 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.8%
- Age
- 8.0 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 300
Events on this date
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Neptune at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Mar 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 103.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.0° / 54.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 41m / 25.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 112.72° / 3.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.51° / -4.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.10° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.