The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 31, 2131
Waxing Crescent
10.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:17 AM
11:22 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.6%
- Age
- 2.7 days
- Distance
- 361,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2576
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 37.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.4° / 98.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 08m / 13.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 48.17° / -4.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.45° / 6.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 146.12° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.