The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 30, 2051
Waning Gibbous
90.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:12 PM
8:55 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.6%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1586
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 215.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.1° / 278.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 54m / -15.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 225.64° / 1.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.81° / -0.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.99° / 0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.1° |
| 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.