The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 28, 1966
Waxing Crescent
37.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:01 AM
12:42 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.6%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 380,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 535
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 75.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.1° / 72.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 29m / 25.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 83.07° / 2.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.05° / -2.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 97.65° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.8° |
| 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.