The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 31, 2038
Waning Crescent
14.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:42 AM
4:11 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.3%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 399,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1425
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 315.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.6° / 198.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 00m / -15.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.74° / -3.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.58° / 4.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.49° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.