The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 31, 1955
Waxing Gibbous
59.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:20 PM
2:23 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.7%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 376,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 399
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 3.4° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 101.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.5° / 60.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 31m / 19.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 111.31° / -1.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.48° / 2.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 83.53° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.