The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 30, 1973
Waning Crescent
16.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:02 AM
3:02 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.6%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 387,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 621
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 | 312.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.8° / 221.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 33m / -11.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 321.90° / 3.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.99° / -3.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -138.22° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.