The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 30, 2017
Waxing Crescent
9.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:11 AM
11:04 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.1%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 363,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1166
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,800 km.
Exact values
For Mar 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 34.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.5° / 101.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 56m / 11.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 44.87° / -4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.19° / 7.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 144.56° / -0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.