The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 30, 2073
Last Quarter
48.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:40 AM
12:46 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.0%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 388,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1858
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 | 272.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.8° / 237.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 55m / -19.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.00° / 3.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.87° / -4.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.81° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.