The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 28, 1906
Waxing Crescent
12.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:33 AM
10:24 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.5%
- Age
- 3.7 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -207
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,700 km.
Exact values
For Mar 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 41.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.5° / 107.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 09m / 12.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 48.16° / -5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.48° / 7.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 137.96° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.