The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 28, 1929
Waning Gibbous
88.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:33 PM
8:06 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.6%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 398,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 77
Events on this date
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Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 219.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.3° / 285.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 59m / -16.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 227.16° / 0.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.85° / -0.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.30° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.