The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 31, 1999
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:47 PM
6:26 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 399,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 943
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Mar 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 177.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.4° / 347.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 35m / 0.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.80° / 3.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.47° / -4.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 6.11° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 343.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.