The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 28, 1902
Waning Gibbous
81.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:24 PM
8:49 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.4%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -257
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 | 231.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.9° / 275.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 46m / -17.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 238.32° / 2.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.52° / -2.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.10° / 0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.