The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 30, 2074
Waxing Crescent
8.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:09 AM
10:53 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.6%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1871
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,000 km.
Exact values
For Mar 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 33.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.0° / 102.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 53m / 11.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 44.11° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.35° / 7.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 145.33° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.