The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 31, 1994
Waning Gibbous
75.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:09 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.8%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 367,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 881
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 | 239.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.4° / 267.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 33m / -20.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 249.80° / 1.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.84° / -1.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.44° / 1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.