The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 30, 2078
Waning Gibbous
95.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:13 PM
8:24 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.7%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1920
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,100 km.
Exact values
For Mar 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 203.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.2° / 290.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 10m / -11.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.30° / 1.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.61° / -1.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -25.18° / -1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.