The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 30, 1980
Waxing Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:09 PM
6:04 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 708
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
Exact values
For Mar 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 169.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.9° / 358.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 05m / 2.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.09° / 2.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.04° / -3.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.89° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 305.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.