The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 28, 1933
Waxing Crescent
6.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:13 AM
9:48 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.6%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 400,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 127
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 29.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.0° / 115.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 12m / 18.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.85° / 4.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.39° / -5.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 152.82° / 0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.