The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 31, 2159
Waxing Gibbous
94.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:58 PM
5:51 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.5%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 381,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2922
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 153.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.9° / 3.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 54m / 2.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.80° / -4.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.66° / 6.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.34° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.