The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 28, 1931
Waxing Gibbous
66.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:34 PM
3:28 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.4%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 371,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 102
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 109.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.2° / 49.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 57m / 26.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 116.19° / 5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.74° / -6.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.20° / -0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.