The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 31, 2015
Waxing Gibbous
87.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:38 PM
5:16 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.3%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1141
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 | 138.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.6° / 20.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 59m / 8.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 148.92° / -3.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.68° / 5.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.78° / 0.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.