The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 31, 1904
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:21 PM
6:25 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 363,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -232
Events on this date
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Penumbral lunar eclipse
The Moon passes through Earth's faint outer shadow and dims slightly. It starts at 5:44 AM, is deepest at 7:32 AM and ends at 9:19 AM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Mar 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 182.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 2.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.6° / 340.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 50m / -3.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.00° / 1.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.25° / -1.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 0.76° / -0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.