The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 30, 1960
Waxing Crescent
11.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:21 AM
10:22 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.6%
- Age
- 3.4 days
- Distance
- 398,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 461
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 | 39.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.6° / 108.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 13m / 13.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 49.58° / -4.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.25° / 6.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 143.26° / -0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.