The Moon on this date

Moon on Monday, March 31, 1913

Waning Crescent

29.7% illuminated · waning

Shown at midday from Columbus, US.

Rise, set and path

Times for Columbus, US

Moonrise
SE
Highest
25°
Moonset
SW
Moon's height Daylight Twilight Night

Key figures

Illuminated
29.7%
Age
23.7 days
Distance
403,400 km
Apparent size
29.6′
Constellation
Capricornus
Lunation number
-121

Events on this date

  1. Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.

Exact values

For Mar 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.

Elongation from the Sun294.16°
Phase angle113.93°
Illuminated fraction29.72%
Altitude / azimuth9.1° / 227.5°
Right ascension / declination20h 32m / -23.52°
Ecliptic longitude / latitude304.54° / -4.52°
Libration in longitude / latitude3.29° / 6.41°
Sub-solar longitude / latitude-110.11° / 0.22°
Position angle of the axis346.8°
Position angle of the bright limb73.7°
Apparent magnitude-9.0

Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.

Your location

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