The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 30, 2098
Waning Crescent
4.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:34 AM
5:53 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.8%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 397,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2167
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 334.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.6° / 177.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 12m / -8.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 345.44° / -3.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.91° / 4.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -158.63° / -0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 58.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.