The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 31, 1993
Waxing Gibbous
56.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:02 PM
2:01 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.0%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 376,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 869
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 | 96.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.6° / 63.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 15m / 19.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 107.70° / -2.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.53° / 4.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.92° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.