The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 30, 2008
Waning Crescent
42.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:42 AM
12:50 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.7%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 396,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1054
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 278.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.6° / 228.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 24m / -25.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.83° / -3.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.43° / 4.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.22° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.