The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 31, 1996
Waxing Gibbous
88.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:52 PM
4:20 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.9%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 397,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 906
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Mar 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 141.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.5° / 35.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 12m / 7.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 152.44° / -3.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.19° / 5.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.90° / 0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.