The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 30, 2004
Waxing Gibbous
66.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:38 PM
3:27 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.4%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 397,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1005
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 | 109.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.9° / 50.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 11m / 25.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 119.42° / 5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.39° / -6.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.68° / -0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.