The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 30, 2130
Waning Gibbous
71.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:35 AM
10:48 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.1%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 387,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2563
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 | 245.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.8° / 256.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 56m / -18.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.89° / 4.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.46° / -4.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.87° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.