The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 31, 2111
Waning Gibbous
60.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:37 AM
11:40 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.3%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 371,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2328
Events on this date
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Neptune 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 | 258.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.4° / 246.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 54m / -19.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.63° / 3.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.77° / -4.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.25° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.