The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 30, 1951
Last Quarter
44.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:35 AM
11:27 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.7%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 371,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 349
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 | 276.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.1° / 238.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 09m / -27.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.43° / -4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.06° / 6.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.33° / 0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.