The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 31, 1908
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:23 AM
6:26 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 367,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- -183
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 353.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.1° / 172.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 22m / -3.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 3.83° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.09° / 7.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.91° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 27.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.