The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 28, 1944
Waxing Crescent
22.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:19 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.3%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 379,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 263
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 56.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.3° / 83.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 11m / 16.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 63.97° / -4.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.80° / 6.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 130.85° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.