The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 28, 1901
Waxing Gibbous
65.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:03 PM
2:39 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.8%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 388,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -269
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 | 108.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.6° / 58.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 47m / 16.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 115.72° / -4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.45° / 6.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.26° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.