The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 30, 1996
Waxing Gibbous
82.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:54 PM
3:47 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.1%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 400,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 906
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 | 129.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.2° / 44.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 25m / 10.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.21° / -4.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.17° / 6.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.07° / 0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.