The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 31, 1977
Waxing Gibbous
84.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:19 PM
3:57 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.9%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 380,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 671
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 134.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.9° / 41.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 44m / 8.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.25° / -4.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.11° / 6.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.70° / 0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.