The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 31, 1951
Waning Crescent
33.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:23 AM
12:41 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.7%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 373,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 349
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 | 289.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.5° / 230.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 10m / -24.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.40° / -4.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.89° / 5.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.52° / 0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.