The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 31, 1916
Waning Crescent
4.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:02 AM
5:04 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.7%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 377,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -84
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 | 335.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.7° / 201.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 03m / -2.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 345.92° / 3.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.48° / -3.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -151.24° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.