The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 31, 2099
Waxing Gibbous
71.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:18 PM
4:45 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.2%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 368,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2180
Events on this date
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Mar 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 115.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.8° / 35.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 40m / 23.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.32° / 4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.74° / -5.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.37° / 0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.