The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 21, 2030
Waning Gibbous
94.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:32 PM
8:15 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.7%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 363,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1326
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,000 km.
Exact values
For Mar 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 206.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.5° / 287.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 36m / -14.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.45° / -3.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.26° / 5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.29° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 120.9° |
| 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.