The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 31, 2043
Waning Gibbous
70.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:17 AM
10:09 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.2%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1487
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 | 246.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.1° / 248.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 02m / -27.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.04° / -4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.39° / 6.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.75° / 0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.