The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 31, 2005
Waning Gibbous
65.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:41 AM
9:35 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.0%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 372,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1017
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 | 252.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.9° / 252.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 32m / -27.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.69° / -4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.19° / 6.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.87° / -0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.