The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 31, 2017
Waxing Crescent
17.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:54 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.0%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 364,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1166
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 | 48.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.1° / 89.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 54m / 15.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 59.59° / -5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.52° / 7.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 132.34° / -0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.