The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 31, 1937
Waning Gibbous
80.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:43 PM
8:33 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.8%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 176
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 232.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.1° / 271.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 01m / -21.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.68° / -1.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.68° / 2.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -54.22° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.