The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 31, 2186
Waxing Gibbous
86.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:20 PM
5:34 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.2%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 372,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3256
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 | 136.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.2° / 18.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 02m / 14.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 147.52° / 2.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.98° / -2.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.12° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.