The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 31, 1973
Waning Crescent
9.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:30 AM
4:08 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.6%
- Age
- 26.7 days
- Distance
- 382,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 621
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 | 324.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.7° / 213.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 22m / -5.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 335.01° / 3.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.96° / -4.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -150.44° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.