The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 30, 1999
Waxing Gibbous
98.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:48 PM
5:56 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.4%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 396,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 943
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 | 165.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.8° / 3.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 48m / 4.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.44° / 2.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.43° / -3.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.27° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 302.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.