The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Waxing Crescent
28.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:08 AM
12:59 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.6%
- Age
- 5.0 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1067
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 | 64.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.5° / 70.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 55m / 26.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 75.55° / 3.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.94° / -4.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 113.69° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.