The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 30, 2141
Last Quarter
49.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:50 AM
12:24 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.8%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 401,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2699
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.2° / 236.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 45m / -22.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.49° / 0.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.72° / -0.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -94.27° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.