The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 30, 2102
Waxing Gibbous
84.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:07 PM
5:16 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.3%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 397,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2217
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 133.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.5° / 23.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 39m / 12.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 142.76° / -1.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.58° / 2.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.70° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.