The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 30, 2005
Waning Gibbous
75.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:47 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.3%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 374,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1017
Events on this date
-
Venus 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 | 239.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.4° / 262.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 30m / -25.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 249.78° / -3.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.83° / 5.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.69° / -0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.