The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 31, 1980
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:05 PM
6:32 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 708
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Mar 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 180.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.5° / 342.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 49m / -1.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.93° / 3.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.44° / -4.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -2.27° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 39.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.