The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 31, 2024
Waning Gibbous
65.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:45 AM
10:33 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.5%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 386,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1252
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 | 251.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.8° / 244.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 30m / -28.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.41° / -4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.07° / 6.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.16° / -0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.