The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 30, 1970
Last Quarter
47.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:21 AM
11:13 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.3%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 371,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 584
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.3° / 240.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 58m / -27.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 282.79° / -4.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.77° / 6.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.14° / 0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.