The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 31, 2081
Last Quarter
54.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:50 AM
11:31 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.9%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 395,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1957
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 264.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.5° / 235.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 28m / -28.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.14° / -5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.35° / 7.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.37° / 0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.