The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 31, 2051
Waning Gibbous
84.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:34 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.3%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 400,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1586
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 | 226.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.7° / 268.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 44m / -17.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 237.65° / 2.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.10° / -2.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.16° / 0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.