The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 31, 2049
Waning Crescent
4.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:55 AM
6:17 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.3%
- Age
- 27.7 days
- Distance
- 372,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1561
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 336.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.3° / 179.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 08m / -0.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.93° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.31° / -5.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -152.95° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.