The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 31, 2007
Waxing Gibbous
96.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:14 PM
6:23 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.3%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1042
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 | 157.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.8° / 355.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 17m / 4.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 168.26° / -0.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.16° / 0.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.21° / 0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.