The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 31, 2053
Waxing Gibbous
92.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:27 PM
5:47 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.4%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 377,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1611
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 | 147.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 32.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.4° / 8.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 41m / 6.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.31° / -1.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.59° / 2.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.21° / -0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.