The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 31, 1919
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:49 AM
8:04 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 360,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -47
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Mar 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 357.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.8° / 146.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 18m / 6.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.91° / 4.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.57° / -5.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -179.66° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 118.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.