The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 30, 1968
Waxing Crescent
2.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:02 AM
8:51 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.9%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 560
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 19.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.0° / 131.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 48m / 12.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.55° / 1.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.61° / -0.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 161.94° / -0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.