The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 31, 2011
Waning Crescent
7.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:38 AM
5:30 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.8%
- Age
- 26.8 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1091
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 | 328.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.0° / 190.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 34m / -3.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 338.61° / 4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.24° / -5.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -145.33° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.