The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 30, 2168
Waning Gibbous
59.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:52 AM
11:37 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.5%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3033
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,200 km.
Exact values
For Mar 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 259.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.9° / 244.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 59m / -21.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.77° / 1.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.01° / -1.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.45° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.