The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 31, 2156
Waxing Gibbous
76.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:56 PM
4:58 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.0%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2885
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,200 km.
Exact values
For Mar 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 121.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.3° / 31.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 04m / 19.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 132.70° / 2.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.12° / -2.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.13° / 0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.