The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 31, 2020
Waxing Crescent
42.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:39 AM
2:05 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.2%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 388,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1203
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Mars, and Saturn gathered
All within 6.3° of each other in the sky.
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Mars and Saturn close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 80.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.8° / 62.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 10m / 23.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 92.27° / -0.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.01° / 0.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 91.25° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.