The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 30, 2176
Waning Gibbous
76.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:36 AM
9:40 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.1%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 3132
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 | 238.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.6° / 254.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 27m / -26.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 249.16° / -4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.97° / 6.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.85° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.