The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 31, 2170
Waxing Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:23 PM
7:16 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 357,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3058
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,600 km.
Exact values
For Mar 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 171.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.0° / 334.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 16m / 3.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.36° / 4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.36° / -5.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 8.95° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 318.0° |
| 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.