The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 30, 1995
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:53 AM
6:46 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 392,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 893
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Mar 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 355.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.8° / 173.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 14m / 4.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 5.08° / 2.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.46° / -2.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -170.97° / 0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.