The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 31, 2019
Waning Crescent
19.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:15 AM
3:32 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.2%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1190
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,600 km.
Exact values
For Mar 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 308.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.9° / 206.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 28m / -17.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 318.79° / -2.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.78° / 3.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.67° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.7° |
| 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.