The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 30, 1953
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:24 PM
6:01 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 374
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Mar 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 181.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.9° / 343.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 36m / -8.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.58° / -4.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.01° / 6.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.91° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 181.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.