The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 31, 1960
Waxing Crescent
18.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:59 AM
11:17 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.6%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 401,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 461
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 | 50.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.5° / 97.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 03m / 15.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 61.75° / -4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.38° / 6.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 131.05° / -0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.