The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 31, 1928
Waxing Gibbous
81.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:31 PM
4:29 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.6%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 390,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 65
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 | 129.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.9° / 37.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 36m / 19.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 139.98° / 4.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.50° / -5.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.54° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.