The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 30, 1972
Waning Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:06 PM
6:16 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 609
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 | 189.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.1° / 328.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 05m / -12.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.67° / -4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.83° / 6.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.68° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 141.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.