The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 31, 2154
Waning Gibbous
94.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:47 PM
8:17 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.3%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 362,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2860
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,400 km.
Exact values
For Mar 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 207.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.2° / 284.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 22m / -15.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.47° / -1.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.21° / 2.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -28.22° / -0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.