The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 30, 2021
Waning Gibbous
94.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:29 PM
8:37 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.8%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 360,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1215
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,300 km.
Exact values
For Mar 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 206.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.7° / 289.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 21m / -10.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.52° / 3.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.01° / -3.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -25.97° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.