The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 31, 2105
Waning Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:20 PM
7:28 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2254
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Mar 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 192.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.5° / 303.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 20m / -12.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.02° / -3.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.67° / 5.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.39° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 130.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.