The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 30, 2047
Waxing Crescent
15.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
8:59 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.1%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1537
Events on this date
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 45.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.1° / 85.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 28m / 23.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 55.38° / 4.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.32° / -4.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 130.49° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.