The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 30, 2013
Waning Gibbous
86.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:59 PM
9:13 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.5%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 367,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1116
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,500 km.
Exact values
For Mar 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 223.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.2° / 270.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 24m / -18.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 233.30° / 0.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.02° / 0.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.56° / 0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.