The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 28, 1936
Waxing Crescent
37.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:05 AM
12:42 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.6%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 378,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 164
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 | 75.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.4° / 73.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 31m / 24.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 83.40° / 1.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.14° / -1.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 111.71° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.