The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 28, 1953
Waxing Gibbous
96.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:24 PM
5:19 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.9%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 374
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 | 159.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.2° / 15.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 10m / 2.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 167.68° / -3.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.30° / 4.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.41° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.