The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 28, 1923
Waxing Gibbous
80.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:35 PM
3:46 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.3%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 372,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 127.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.5° / 44.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 03m / 13.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.21° / -3.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.30° / 4.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.60° / -0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.