The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 31, 2102
Waxing Gibbous
90.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:10 PM
5:40 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.8%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 393,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2217
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 | 144.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.1° / 12.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 25m / 7.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 155.15° / -2.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.50° / 3.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.53° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.