The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 31, 2089
Waning Gibbous
72.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:32 AM
10:45 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.0%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 397,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2056
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 | 243.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.4° / 257.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 59m / -18.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.58° / 4.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.32° / -5.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.74° / 0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.