The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 31, 2021
Waning Gibbous
88.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:46 PM
9:11 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.2%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 361,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1215
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 | 220.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.2° / 274.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 18m / -16.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.42° / 1.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.54° / -1.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.13° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.