The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 30, 2016
Waning Gibbous
59.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:37 AM
11:49 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.9%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 394,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1153
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 | 258.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.0° / 247.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 56m / -18.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.09° / 5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.69° / -6.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.59° / -0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.