The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 30, 2040
Waning Gibbous
95.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:25 PM
8:33 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.0%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 375,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1450
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 | 205.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.5° / 289.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 19m / -11.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.28° / 2.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.44° / -2.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.77° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.