The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 31, 2042
Waxing Gibbous
79.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:17 PM
5:25 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.6%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 401,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1475
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 | 126.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.8° / 25.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 26m / 20.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 137.41° / 4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.62° / -5.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.61° / -0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.