The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 28, 1943
Last Quarter
54.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:03 AM
12:09 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.8%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 371,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 250
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 264.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.1° / 242.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 07m / -19.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.71° / 4.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.27° / -4.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.09° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.