The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 30, 2053
Waxing Gibbous
85.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:22 PM
5:09 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.5%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 375,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1611
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 | 135.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.1° / 23.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 48m / 10.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.60° / -2.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.23° / 3.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.38° / -0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.