The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 31, 1981
Waning Crescent
21.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:53 AM
2:14 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.8%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 378,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 720
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 | 304.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.7° / 224.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 12m / -16.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 315.29° / -0.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.23° / 1.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.78° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.