The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 31, 2016
Last Quarter
49.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:28 AM
12:41 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.8%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 389,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1153
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.1° / 239.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 49m / -17.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.72° / 4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.23° / -5.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.78° / -0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.