The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 28, 1961
Waxing Gibbous
88.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:36 PM
4:36 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.3%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 473
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 139.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.6° / 33.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 59m / 11.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 147.76° / -0.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.35° / 1.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.99° / -0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.