The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 28, 1908
Waning Crescent
16.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:33 AM
2:47 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.5%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 365,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -183
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 | 312.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.0° / 215.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 34m / -17.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.92° / -3.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.83° / 4.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -133.26° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.