The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 28, 1914
Waxing Crescent
3.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:57 AM
9:01 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -108
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 | 21.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.2° / 128.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 40m / 14.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 28.30° / 3.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.08° / -4.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 156.65° / 0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 240.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.