The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 31, 1917
Waxing Gibbous
62.1% 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
12:30 PM
2:41 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.1%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -71
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
-
Venus and Mars close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 103.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.1° / 58.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 44m / 20.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 114.27° / -0.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.63° / 1.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.93° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.