The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 31, 2008
Waning Crescent
33.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:20 AM
1:55 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.1%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 391,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1054
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 | 289.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.7° / 220.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 16m / -22.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.28° / -2.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.15° / 3.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -116.42° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.