The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 28, 1924
Waning Crescent
40.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:13 AM
12:22 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.6%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 375,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 15
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 281.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.1° / 241.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 19m / -18.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.78° / 3.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.23° / -3.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.97° / -0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.