The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 31, 1938
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:54 AM
7:09 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.5 days
- Distance
- 377,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 188
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Mar 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 359.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 176.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.2° / 167.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 28m / 7.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.34° / 3.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.02° / -4.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 176.04° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 138.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.