The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 30, 2024
Waning Gibbous
74.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:39 AM
9:48 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.9%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 391,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1252
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 | 240.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.2° / 253.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 33m / -26.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.56° / -4.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.70° / 6.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.98° / -0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.