The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 31, 1933
Waxing Crescent
26.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
8:51 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.9%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 127
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,000 km.
Exact values
For Mar 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 62.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.2° / 79.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 42m / 27.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 72.76° / 5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.81° / -6.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.19° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.