The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 31, 1939
Waxing Gibbous
83.9% 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
3:12 PM
3:50 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.9%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 364,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 201
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 132.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.8° / 43.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 34m / 9.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 142.88° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.10° / 7.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.31° / 0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.