The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 28, 1918
Waning Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:12 PM
6:26 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -59
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 | 191.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.6° / 325.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 02m / -11.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.80° / -4.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.37° / 6.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -13.95° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 136.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.