The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Waning Crescent
13.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:13 AM
4:32 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.5%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1091
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.
-
Moon, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 5.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 317.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.3° / 202.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 50m / -8.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.70° / 4.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.38° / -5.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -133.12° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.