The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 31, 2174
Waning Crescent
2.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:35 AM
6:40 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.4%
- Age
- 28.1 days
- Distance
- 360,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3107
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,300 km.
Exact values
For Mar 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 342.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 162.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.9° / 168.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 36m / -2.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 353.25° / -0.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.28° / 0.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.68° / 0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.