The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 30, 2056
Waxing Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:11 PM
7:09 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 14.4 days
- Distance
- 359,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1648
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 | 169.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.0° / 338.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 06m / 4.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.81° / 4.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.43° / -5.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 7.39° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 312.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.