The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 31, 1909
Waxing Gibbous
77.9% 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
2:02 PM
4:11 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.9%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -170
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 | 123.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.1° / 41.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 12m / 20.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.19° / 4.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.90° / -4.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.33° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.