The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 31, 1964
Waning Gibbous
87.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:33 PM
8:20 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.9%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 510
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 220.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.8° / 286.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 21m / -14.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.71° / 3.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.86° / -4.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.42° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.