The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 31, 1974
Waxing Gibbous
56.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:08 PM
3:09 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.9%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 634
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 | 97.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.9° / 52.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 18m / 19.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 108.36° / -2.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.18° / 3.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.24° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.