The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 30, 1990
Waxing Crescent
20.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
8:22 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.9%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 364,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 832
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Mar 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 54.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.0° / 86.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 03m / 25.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 63.85° / 4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.07° / -5.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 129.19° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.