The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 31, 2073
Waning Crescent
38.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:30 AM
1:41 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.0%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 393,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1858
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 | 284.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.0° / 228.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 48m / -18.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.64° / 2.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.36° / -3.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.00° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.