The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 31, 2040
Waning Gibbous
89.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:37 PM
9:03 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.1%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 372,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1450
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 | 218.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.7° / 275.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 12m / -16.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.17° / 1.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.88° / -1.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.93° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.