The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 28, 1959
Waning Gibbous
79.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:37 PM
9:04 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.7%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 364,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 448
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 233.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.1° / 274.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 58m / -16.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.90° / 3.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.55° / -4.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.34° / 0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.