The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 31, 2036
Waxing Crescent
16.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:48 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.0%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 377,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1401
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 46.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.3° / 90.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 49m / 14.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 58.32° / -5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.96° / 7.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 128.53° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.