The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 31, 1926
Waning Gibbous
94.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:17 PM
7:45 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.6%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 391,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 40
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 206.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.1° / 304.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 24m / -9.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.74° / 4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.61° / -5.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.86° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.