The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 30, 1961
Waxing Gibbous
97.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:32 PM
5:40 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.6%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 396,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 473
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 | 162.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.5° / 9.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 33m / 4.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 172.05° / 1.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.69° / -1.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 13.66° / -0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.