The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 30, 2023
Waxing Gibbous
64.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:28 PM
4:23 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.7%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1240
Events on this date
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 107.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.3° / 40.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 00m / 25.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 116.78° / 5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.40° / -6.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.57° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.