The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 31, 2012
Waxing Gibbous
58.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:23 PM
3:12 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.6%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 390,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1104
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 | 99.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.4° / 52.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 29m / 18.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 111.12° / -3.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.87° / 5.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.62° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.