The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 31, 2014
Waxing Crescent
1.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:41 AM
9:13 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.0%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 374,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1129
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 | 11.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.9° / 125.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 22m / 9.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 22.37° / 0.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.23° / -0.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 173.49° / 0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.