The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 30, 1989
Last Quarter
47.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:21 AM
11:16 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.2%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 382,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 819
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 7.1° of each other in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 5.0° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.9° / 240.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 00m / -26.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.33° / -4.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.39° / 5.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.94° / 0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.