The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 31, 2082
Waxing Crescent
4.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:57 AM
10:31 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.8%
- Age
- 2.3 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1970
Events on this date
-
Jupiter behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 24.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.2° / 105.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 09m / 17.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.24° / 4.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.99° / -5.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 151.79° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.