The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 31, 1922
Waxing Crescent
9.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:03 AM
10:04 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.3%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 395,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -9
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 | 35.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.8° / 112.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 56m / 13.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.60° / -3.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.59° / 4.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 138.67° / -0.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.