The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 31, 2074
Waxing Crescent
14.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:40 AM
11:49 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.6%
- Age
- 4.1 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1871
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 | 44.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.9° / 92.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 39m / 14.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 55.97° / -4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.54° / 7.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.12° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.