The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 28, 1948
Waning Gibbous
84.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:18 PM
8:20 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.4%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 381,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 312
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 | 226.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.3° / 277.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 28m / -19.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.62° / -0.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.97° / 1.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.10° / -0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.