The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 31, 1902
Waning Gibbous
55.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:03 AM
11:06 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.5%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -257
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 | 263.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.4° / 252.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 16m / -18.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.89° / 4.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.74° / -5.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.64° / 0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.