The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 31, 2056
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:26 PM
7:44 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 15.4 days
- Distance
- 357,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1648
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,700 km.
Exact values
For Mar 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 183.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.7° / 318.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 03m / -1.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.99° / 4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.58° / -5.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.76° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 60.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.