The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 30, 1971
Waxing Crescent
20.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
8:20 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.6%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 373,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 597
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 | 53.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.4° / 86.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 00m / 25.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 63.09° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.47° / -6.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.00° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.