The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 31, 1957
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:09 AM
7:30 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.3 days
- Distance
- 397,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 424
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Mar 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 3.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.4° / 159.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 48m / 8.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 14.34° / 3.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.15° / -3.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 172.22° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 211.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.