The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 31, 2162
Waning Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:11 PM
7:26 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 357,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2959
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,300 km.
Exact values
For Mar 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 189.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.0° / 307.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 14m / -10.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.80° / -2.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.02° / 3.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -9.63° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 128.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.