The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 30, 1979
Waxing Crescent
8.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:06 AM
9:57 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.8%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 376,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 696
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 | 34.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.1° / 114.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 50m / 11.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 43.60° / -4.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.20° / 6.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 151.65° / -0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.