The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 28, 1942
Waxing Gibbous
83.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:57 PM
5:06 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.2%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 388,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 238
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 | 131.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.5° / 25.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 22m / 13.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.84° / -2.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.54° / 3.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.29° / -0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.