The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 31, 1901
Waxing Gibbous
89.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:03 PM
4:21 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.8%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 399,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- -269
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 | 143.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.5° / 35.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 14m / 5.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.33° / -5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.41° / 7.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.75° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.