The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 31, 1953
Waning Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:26 PM
6:24 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 400,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 374
Events on this date
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Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 7.6° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 193.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.0° / 321.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 20m / -13.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.71° / -4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.17° / 6.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.07° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 134.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.