The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 31, 2004
Waxing Gibbous
75.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:43 PM
4:06 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.4%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 392,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1005
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 | 120.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.1° / 43.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 04m / 22.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.89° / 5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.10° / -6.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.51° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.