The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 30, 1956
Waning Gibbous
82.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:32 PM
8:28 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.2%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 396,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 411
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 230.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.2° / 273.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 51m / -21.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.04° / -0.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.67° / 1.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.83° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.