The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 31, 2122
Last Quarter
45.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:09 AM
12:46 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.9%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 385,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2464
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 274.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.4° / 233.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 07m / -22.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.58° / 0.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.62° / 0.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.66° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.