The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 28, 1950
Waxing Gibbous
68.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:51 PM
3:38 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.7%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 385,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 337
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 | 111.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.7° / 48.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 11m / 25.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 119.41° / 4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.71° / -5.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.40° / -0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.