The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 30, 2018
Waxing Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:09 PM
7:07 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 13.1 days
- Distance
- 375,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1178
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 | 169.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.4° / 338.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 02m / 3.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.92° / 3.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.07° / -4.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.98° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 308.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.