The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 31, 2003
Waning Crescent
1.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:10 AM
5:56 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.3%
- Age
- 28.6 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 992
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 | 347.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.7° / 180.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 02m / -4.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 358.45° / -4.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.13° / 6.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -164.52° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 44.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.