The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 31, 1950
Waxing Gibbous
93.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:31 PM
5:15 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.4%
- Age
- 13.1 days
- Distance
- 367,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 337
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 150.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.1° / 21.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 52m / 9.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.68° / 2.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.22° / -2.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.90° / 0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.