The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 31, 1923
Waxing Gibbous
98.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:07 PM
5:47 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 358,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3
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 | 168.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.0° / 2.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 54m / 1.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.04° / 0.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.49° / -0.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.12° / -0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.