The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 28, 1941
Waxing Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:50 AM
7:49 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 226
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 | 9.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.1° / 149.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 05m / 5.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 17.07° / -1.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.93° / 2.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 171.51° / -0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.