The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 31, 2050
Waxing Gibbous
64.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:59 PM
3:32 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.3%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1574
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 | 106.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.1° / 48.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 55m / 16.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 117.64° / -4.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.43° / 6.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.22° / 1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.