The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 31, 1949
Waxing Crescent
3.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:10 AM
9:07 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.9%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 325
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 | 22.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.9° / 126.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 03m / 13.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.24° / 0.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.65° / -0.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 153.53° / -0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.