The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 31, 1931
Waxing Gibbous
93.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:29 PM
5:17 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.3%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 359,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 102
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 149.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.3° / 21.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 51m / 10.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.99° / 2.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.69° / -3.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 27.70° / -0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.