The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 31, 2018
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:15 PM
7:39 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.1 days
- Distance
- 379,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1178
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Mar 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 181.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.1° / 320.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 53m / -0.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.67° / 4.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.48° / -5.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 2.83° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 47.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.