The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 31, 2085
Waxing Crescent
36.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:05 AM
1:42 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.6%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 396,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2007
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 74.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.2° / 65.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 42m / 24.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 85.99° / 0.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.84° / -0.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.67° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.