The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 28, 1956
Waning Gibbous
94.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:33 PM
7:10 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.6%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 387,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 411
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 | 206.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.6° / 300.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 06m / -15.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.73° / -2.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.01° / 4.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.50° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.