The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 30, 1959
Waning Gibbous
58.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:39 AM
10:52 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.5%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 372,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 448
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 260.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.9° / 255.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 58m / -18.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.53° / 5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.67° / -6.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.68° / 0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.