The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 31, 2023
Waxing Gibbous
73.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:29 PM
5:01 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.5%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1240
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,900 km.
Exact values
For Mar 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 117.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.1° / 32.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 50m / 23.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.64° / 5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.06° / -6.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.39° / -0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.