The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 31, 2070
Waning Gibbous
78.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:06 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.9%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1821
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,000 km.
Exact values
For Mar 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 234.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.5° / 263.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 19m / -17.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.98° / 3.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.03° / -3.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.94° / 0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.