The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 31, 1989
Waning Crescent
36.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:07 AM
12:26 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.5%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 377,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 819
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 | 285.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.4° / 233.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 58m / -23.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.73° / -3.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.18° / 4.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.13° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.