The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 31, 2178
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
6:02 PM
5:48 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.5%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 363,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 3157
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,400 km.
Exact values
For Mar 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 153.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.4° / 3.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 55m / 1.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 164.31° / -4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.00° / 6.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 27.53° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.