The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 28, 1954
Waning Crescent
39.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:39 AM
12:15 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.5%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 384,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 386
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
28° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Mar 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 282.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.9° / 238.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 25m / -22.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.73° / -0.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.65° / 0.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -110.02° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.