The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 31, 1906
Waxing Crescent
36.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:23 AM
12:14 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.2%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -207
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 | 73.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.3° / 79.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 34m / 19.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 83.82° / -4.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.99° / 6.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 101.35° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.