The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 31, 1956
Waning Gibbous
74.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:13 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.1%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 399,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 411
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 | 241.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.5° / 264.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 43m / -22.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.25° / 0.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.57° / 0.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.00° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.