The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 30, 1974
First Quarter
45.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:00 PM
2:18 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.5%
- Age
- 6.8 days
- Distance
- 371,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 634
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Mar 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 84.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.3° / 60.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 19m / 22.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 94.28° / -1.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.05° / 2.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 92.42° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.