The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 31, 2158
Waxing Crescent
2.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:37 AM
10:05 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.8%
- Age
- 1.3 days
- Distance
- 359,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2910
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,300 km.
Exact values
For Mar 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 18.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.4° / 113.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 43m / 16.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.69° / 5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.03° / -5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 160.98° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 236.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.