The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 31, 1967
Waning Gibbous
62.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:54 AM
9:52 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.4%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 378,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 547
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
28° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Mar 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 255.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.1° / 251.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 42m / -27.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.98° / -3.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.48° / 5.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.25° / -0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.