The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 30, 2059
Waning Gibbous
97.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:34 PM
8:12 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.8%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 398,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1685
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 196.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.9° / 300.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 44m / -7.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.88° / 2.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.73° / -2.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.41° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.