The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 30, 1981
Waning Crescent
31.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:08 AM
1:11 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.3%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 384,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 720
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 | 292.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.5° / 232.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 17m / -19.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.03° / 0.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.32° / -0.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.58° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.