The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 28, 1949
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:10 AM
6:07 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 324
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 350.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.2° / 178.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 55m / -3.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.70° / -2.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.01° / 3.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.81° / -0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 50.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.