The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 30, 2097
Waning Gibbous
92.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:01 PM
8:39 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.4%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2155
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 212.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 32.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.3° / 280.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 42m / -15.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 222.88° / -0.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.66° / 0.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -28.96° / -0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.