The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 30, 2014
New Moon
0.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:04 AM
8:05 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.0%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 370,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1128
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 358.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 177.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.2° / 144.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 28m / 4.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 8.37° / 1.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.27° / -1.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -174.29° / 0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.