The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 31, 2196
Waxing Crescent
3.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:45 AM
10:15 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.6%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 394,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3380
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 21.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.3° / 109.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 57m / 17.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.22° / 4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.79° / -5.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 153.35° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 239.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.