The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 31, 1988
Waxing Gibbous
97.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:30 PM
5:31 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.4%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 807
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 | 161.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.6° / 11.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 32m / 3.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 172.42° / 0.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.10° / 0.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 16.30° / 0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.