The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 31, 1976
Waxing Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:32 AM
8:05 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 1.0 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 659
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
Exact values
For Mar 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 10.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.6° / 146.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 18m / 10.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.86° / 1.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.75° / -1.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 168.40° / 0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 240.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.