The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 31, 1929
Waning Gibbous
65.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:37 AM
9:46 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.1%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 77
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
Exact values
For Mar 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 252.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.7° / 254.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 29m / -25.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.08° / -2.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.13° / 3.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.82° / -1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.