The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 31, 2076
Waning Crescent
12.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:53 AM
4:27 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.7%
- Age
- 26.4 days
- Distance
- 366,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1895
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,000 km.
Exact values
For Mar 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 318.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.5° / 194.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 16m / -15.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 330.43° / -4.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.12° / 6.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -138.10° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.3° |
| 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.