The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 30, 1928
Waxing Gibbous
73.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:26 PM
3:49 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.0%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 386,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 65
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 117.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.8° / 45.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 42m / 22.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.06° / 4.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.81° / -4.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.72° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.