The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 31, 1962
Waning Crescent
23.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:42 AM
2:07 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.1%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 366,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 485
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 302.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.7° / 226.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 02m / -16.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 313.17° / 0.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.16° / 0.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.98° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.