The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Waning Gibbous
96.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:17 PM
7:43 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 370,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1079
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 | 201.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.2° / 290.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 52m / -16.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.97° / -4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.07° / 6.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.75° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 124.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.