The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 30, 1997
Waning Gibbous
62.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:20 AM
10:35 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.2%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 380,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 918
Events on this date
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Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 255.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.1° / 258.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 43m / -18.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.00° / 5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.21° / -6.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.32° / -0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.