The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 16, 2030
Waxing Gibbous
88.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:34 PM
5:35 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.1%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 381,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1326
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 139.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.7° / 17.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 08m / 12.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.89° / -4.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.37° / 6.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.46° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.