The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 30, 2054
Last Quarter
54.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:09 AM
12:16 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.1%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 400,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1623
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.2° / 242.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 24m / -18.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.63° / 4.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.69° / -5.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.00° / -0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.