The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 31, 2179
Waning Crescent
34.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:46 AM
2:03 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.5%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 397,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3169
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 | 288.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.2° / 226.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 02m / -17.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.12° / 3.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.49° / -3.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -101.88° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.