The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 31, 2149
Waning Gibbous
57.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:00 AM
11:49 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.6%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 396,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2798
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 261.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.9° / 243.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 11m / -21.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.58° / 2.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.19° / -2.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.84° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.