The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 28, 1934
Waxing Gibbous
94.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:42 PM
5:06 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.2%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 393,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 139
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 152.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.4° / 22.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 41m / 6.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.45° / -1.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.23° / 2.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.19° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.