The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 28, 1952
Waxing Crescent
10.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:29 AM
10:33 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.0%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 384,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 362
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 | 36.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.7° / 105.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 42m / 20.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 44.50° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.97° / -5.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 149.00° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.