The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 31, 1947
Waxing Gibbous
72.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:22 PM
3:48 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.5%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 371,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 300
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 116.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.3° / 45.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 42m / 22.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.85° / 4.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.45° / -5.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.92° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.