The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 31, 1921
Last Quarter
47.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:41 AM
11:53 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.1%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -22
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.2° / 247.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 59m / -17.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.98° / 5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.16° / -6.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -91.45° / 0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.