The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:04 PM
7:10 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 366,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Corvus
- Lunation number
- 1079
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 | 187.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.9° / 309.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 57m / -11.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.57° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.97° / 7.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.59° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 149.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.