The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 31, 1941
Waxing Crescent
13.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:27 AM
10:34 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.0%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 226
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.5° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 41.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.5° / 105.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 25m / 14.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 52.53° / -4.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.77° / 5.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 134.86° / -0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.