The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 31, 1918
Waning Gibbous
85.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:02 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.8%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -59
Events on this date
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 224.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.8° / 267.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 26m / -21.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.48° / -2.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.12° / 4.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.94° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.