The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 30, 2121
Waxing Gibbous
89.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:55 PM
5:33 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.3%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2452
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,900 km.
Exact values
For Mar 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 141.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.7° / 15.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 12m / 8.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.83° / -2.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.19° / 3.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.91° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.