The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 30, 1957
Waning Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:40 AM
6:31 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 423
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 352.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.9° / 179.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 01m / 4.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 2.08° / 3.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.38° / -4.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -175.56° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.