The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 31, 1986
Waning Gibbous
62.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:54 AM
9:49 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.6%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 782
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 255.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.4° / 250.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 43m / -27.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.20° / -4.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.50° / 6.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.05° / -0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.