The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 28, 1900
Waning Crescent
7.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:42 AM
4:35 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.1%
- Age
- 27.2 days
- Distance
- 359,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -282
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 329.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.1° / 208.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 28m / -4.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 337.08° / 5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.02° / -5.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -151.91° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.