The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 31, 1900
Waxing Crescent
1.2% 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
6:25 AM
8:21 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.2%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 361,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -281
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 | 12.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.3° / 143.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 17m / 12.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 22.55° / 3.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.59° / -4.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 171.43° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 232.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.