The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 30, 1983
Waning Gibbous
95.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:10 PM
7:38 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.4%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 379,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 745
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 204.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.3° / 306.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 13m / -9.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.01° / 4.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.50° / -4.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -18.88° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.