The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 28, 1969
Waxing Gibbous
74.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:34 PM
4:02 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.6%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 398,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 572
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 | 119.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.0° / 44.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 43m / 22.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.28° / 4.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.08° / -4.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.60° / 0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.