The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 31, 2022
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:18 AM
7:27 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 384,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1227
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 352.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.8° / 153.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 19m / -2.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 3.60° / -3.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.89° / 5.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -167.82° / -1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 34.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.