The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 31, 2150
Waxing Crescent
9.8% 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
9:10 AM
11:16 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.8%
- Age
- 2.7 days
- Distance
- 366,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2811
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,200 km.
Exact values
For Mar 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 36.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.6° / 99.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 03m / 13.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 47.14° / -3.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.79° / 5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 142.32° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.