The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 28, 1917
Waxing Crescent
33.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:38 AM
12:22 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.4%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 392,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -71
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 | 70.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.1° / 76.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 06m / 25.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 77.90° / 2.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.82° / -2.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 115.51° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.