The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 31, 2013
Waning Gibbous
77.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:04 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.6%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 367,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1116
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
28° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Mar 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 236.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.5° / 260.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 25m / -19.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.63° / 1.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.00° / -1.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.73° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.