The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 31, 1959
Last Quarter
47.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:35 AM
11:52 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.4%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 377,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 448
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
-
Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.5° / 248.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 56m / -17.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.35° / 5.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.32° / -6.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.87° / 0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.