The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 31, 1979
Waxing Crescent
15.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:46 AM
10:59 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.9%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 382,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 696
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 | 46.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.9° / 101.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 44m / 14.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 57.15° / -4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.75° / 7.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 139.43° / -0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.