The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 28, 1916
Waning Crescent
27.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:32 AM
1:30 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.8%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 371,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -84
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 | 296.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.0° / 229.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 26m / -19.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.23° / -0.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.08° / 0.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -114.61° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.