The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 31, 1968
Waxing Crescent
6.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:24 AM
9:53 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.9%
- Age
- 2.8 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 560
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 | 30.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.1° / 114.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 33m / 17.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.45° / 2.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.44° / -2.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 149.72° / -0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.