The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 31, 2198
Waning Crescent
31.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:54 AM
2:24 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.5%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 382,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3404
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 291.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.4° / 224.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 18m / -15.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 303.16° / 4.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.33° / -4.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.68° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.