The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 30, 1977
Waxing Gibbous
76.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:16 PM
3:20 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.6%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 385,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 671
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 | 122.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.3° / 50.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 52m / 12.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.98° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.16° / 7.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.87° / 0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.