The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 30, 1976
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:03 AM
7:09 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.7 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 658
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Mar 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 359.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 177.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.4° / 165.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 33m / 6.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.06° / 2.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.50° / -3.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -179.38° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 152.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.